RN and Allied Health Lecture: Role of Palliative Care and Hospice Care in Improving Quality of Life

Gary Winzelberg, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Care Program
Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Palliative and hospice care options are offered to patients and families that are beyond a curative treatment. This lecture will explore the ways in which these care options can improve the quality of life for patients at this stage in the cancer journey.