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Phoenix Children’s Palliative Chief: Shift the Culture in Health Care

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And that’s really palliative care.” Working in hospice care as well, she began to see the benefits of having difficult conversations and making important care decisions before the patient was in hospice. “We We weren’t always working in a crisis mode,” Shaw said.

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Hospices Partner with After-Loss Services to Bolster Grief Support

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Bereaved families often face tremendous challenges fielding a barrage of tasks following a loved ones’ death, according to Grant Marylander, grief counselor at Trail Winds Hospice, which provides adult and pediatric hospice and palliative care.

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Bill Would Create New State-Level Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Care Program

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Other stakeholders will include hospice and palliative care providers, as well as hospital-based practitioners, along with various other subject matter experts in the field, Wodatch stated. It’s a much different skill set than caring for a terminally-ill adult with adult children.”