Palliative Medicine is patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating and treating suffering. It does so throughout the continuum of illness by addressing physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual needs that can accompany serious illness, as well as by facilitating patient autonomy, access to information and choice. Palliative Medicine services are indicated across…
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When it comes to stroke care, every moment matters. That’s because a stroke can cause much damage, such as long-term disability. If you’re having a stroke, our EMS partners start assessing your condition even before you arrive at Crouse Hospital. And because we’ve streamlined our care delivery process, once you get here, you’re taken directly…
Advance directives are verbal or written instructions given by individuals specifying what medical care they wish to receive, or abstain from receiving, should they become unable to make such decisions in the future. These orders ensure that a patient’s wishes about treatment are known and followed if they cannot speak for themselves due to incapacitating…
