Mercy Clinic Palliative Care - Patients First Drive

Palliative care is a combination of specialized medical care and personal attention designed to improve the quality of life by tending to the whole person – body, mind and spirit.

Palliative care complements the treatments and medications being used to cure or minimize the effects of a serious condition. During a time of intense or prolonged medical treatments and disease symptoms, palliative care can help you remain as active and comfortable as possible.

Your palliative care team may include:

• Palliative care nurse practitioner
• Physician
• Chaplain
• Integrative therapists (including massage, acupuncture and physical therapy)
• Pharmacist
• Dietitian
• Respiratory therapist
• Counselors