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Palliative Care

Dealing with a serious illness takes a physical and emotional toll on you. Palliative care professionals in the Sutter Health network can help. You’ll find relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of your illness so that you can live each day fully.

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Living Well with Serious Illness

It’s tough to live with the complex challenges of a serious illness or chronic condition, such as cancer, advanced heart, lung or kidney disease, or dementia. When you need relief from the symptoms, side effects and stress of your diagnosis and treatments, turn to Sutter’s compassionate, effective palliative care teams.

Palliative care helps you and your loved ones address a wide range of physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs. It’s appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness, and you can receive it at the same time as curative treatments.

In the Sutter Health network, our palliative care professionals provide team-based support that includes:

  • Meaningful conversations to ensure that your values match the treatments you choose.
  • Advanced care planning and help with complex decisions for your medical care.
  • Physician expertise and medication management to alleviate pain (PDF) and other symptoms that interfere with your quality of life, such as fatigue, shortness of breath, constipation, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite and more.
  • Care coordination with your healthcare providers and caregivers.
  • Home healthcare services, such as infusion therapy and medical equipment.
  • Education and support regarding your diagnosis and plan of care.
  • Psychosocial comfort to ease loneliness, fears, stress, isolation and other issues.

Your palliative care team may include specially trained doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers and other specialists as needed. These experienced staff help you live each day comfortably and according to your wishes. In addition to supporting your immediate physical and mental needs, the palliative care team coordinates care with your goals and wishes. Care may be provided at home, in the hospital or in a clinic.

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If you’re recuperating from a serious illness or facing a chronic condition, get comforting care with home health services in the Sutter Health network. Our visiting nurses, speech and occupational therapists, and other healthcare professionals deliver high-quality, personalized care at home to meet your needs.

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Find out how an advance healthcare directive ensures your doctors and family members can follow your healthcare wishes if you are unable to speak for yourself.

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Palliative Care Program Helps Family Say Goodbye

A patient's daughter describes how PAMF's palliative care program makes comfort a top priority while supporting loved ones.

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Pain Research

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In medicine, pain relates to the perception of a sensation that hurts. Only the person who is experiencing the pain can describe it properly. Research seeks to understand all types of pain, how to stop it or how to lessen it to improve a person’s quality of life.

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Provider Profiles

The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
Angela Y. Wong, M.D.

Angela Y. Wong, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Ramy Y. Salah, M.D.

Ramy Y. Salah, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Andrew P. Ho, M.D.

Andrew P. Ho, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Phillip C. So, M.D.

Phillip C. So, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Silvia A. McCandlish, M.D.

Silvia A. McCandlish, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Michael A. Cohn, M.D.

Michael A. Cohn, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Timothy Lockyer, M.D.

Timothy Lockyer, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Jeffrey Stoneberg, D.O.

Jeffrey Stoneberg, D.O.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Sonja Kassuba, M.D.

Sonja Kassuba, M.D.

  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine

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