St. Vincent’s Palliative Medicine Consult Team
St. Vincent’s Palliative Medicine Consult Team offers the service of its highly trained staff at the request of the patient’s physician. The team assesses the pain and/or symptoms, psychosocial and emotional needs of the patient, first, and then the family, if appropriate. Our Palliative Medicine team can offer immediate assistance in an emergent situation or can participate in the goals of care throughout a patient’s illness. The consult team works closely with the attending physician to ensure that patients continue to receive expert and compassionate palliative care with or without curative treatment.

Patient consultations can be focused solely on symptoms or conditions related to the illness or disease or due to the side effects of medications intended to manage the illness or disease. A diagnosis and/or plan for treatment can be provided for patients suffering from:

• Pain
• Nausea/vomiting/diarrhea/constipation
• Insomnia/fatigue
• Agitation/anxiety/depression
• Anorexia

To learn more about this program click the link below.

Click here for the Palliative Medicine brochure (PDF)