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Post stand alone outpatient palliative care
Author: AlisonLaneReticker
Date: Apr 28, 2008 10:25 am
Our medical school would like ro have a palliative care program but is reluctant to launch one at this time. One possibility is to start doing outpt consults in the faculty internal medicine practice. Has anyone had experience in this setting?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Alison
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Re:stand alone outpatient palliative care (by PCoyne on 04/28/2008)
We have had a clinic component for many years , it evolved from our cancer pain clinc. We find it serves as a lifeline to those patients we meet as inpt's but also prevents ER visits regularly. We started as an every other week 1/2 day clinic,presently a weekly full day clinic, looking to expand due to volume. Please let me know if you have any specific questions, good luck, Pat

Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, APRN, BC
Clinical Director
Thomas Palliative Care Unit
VCU Massey Cancer Center
Richmond, VA

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