Priorities
Palliative & End-Of-Life Care
From the Cancer Plan
Pain control is a significant problem for many with cancer. Fortunately, cancer pain can be effectively treated in 85-95% of patients using an integrated program of therapies.
For those at the end of their life, there are well accepted principles of care. They include responsiveness to the patients’ wishes; truthful, sensitive, empathic communication; and meticulous attention to the physical, spiritual, and psychosocial needs of patients and families.
Current activities include:
- Increasing the utilization of the Medicare hospice benefit
- Developing trainings to incorporate effective messages and culturally appropriate communication to disparate populations
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