palliative care
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October 13, 2022
Palliative Care Unit celebrates a decade of providing patient- and family-centered care
Vanderbilt's Palliative Care Unit is celebrating 10 years to patients and families. -
June 21, 2022
Kristen Kerkhove aims to ease the transition home for palliative care patients
“My goal is to make sure our patients have everything they need when they leave the hospital so they can spend their time focusing on what’s important to them.” -
April 15, 2022
Music therapy comes to Palliative Care Unit
“Music opens many new perspectives and pathways that patients otherwise would not have." -
November 19, 2021
A death or serious injury of a parent can mean a scared and bewildered child. Arielle Silverman helps children understand and cope.
She has worked with children varying in age from under 2 years old to teenagers as old as 18. -
November 18, 2021
Program extends palliative care knowledge to improve patient care
A new resource at Vanderbilt is helping medical students, residents and even long-standing medical faculty to enhance their palliative care skills. -
April 29, 2021
Songs written by Palliative Care Unit caregivers reflect uncertain times and offer a reminder: “Take Good Care”
Five songs providing a snapshot of how the pandemic year felt on the patient care front lines -
June 4, 2020
Fleming reflects on a life of love, purpose after terminal cancer diagnosis
A month before his 49th birthday, Geoffrey Fleming, MD, had a biopsy of his liver to diagnose an unidentified metastatic disease that he already knew was “something bad.”