Douglas E. Brandoff, MD

    Douglas E. Brandoff, MD

    Co-director of the Adult Palliative Care Clinic at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    • Integrating Palliative Care in Hematology Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

      What are the goals of palliative care? Palliative care clinicians treat physical symptoms (pain- and non-pain-related) and also aim to alleviate psychological, social, and spiritual suffering experienced by patients facing a serious and life-altering illness. Palliative care is available at any stage of serious illness, from the time of initial diagnosis and throughout disease-modifying treatment, [...]