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Transitioning Pediatric Patients Into Adult Palliative Care Programs

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Karlin is also palliative care medical director at UCLA Healths Palliative Care Program. Access to palliative care can help support a patient and their family through several iterations of physical, emotional and financial changes as they enter the adult health care space, he stated.

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Hospices Need a ’Huge Catapult’ to Replenish Workforce

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Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. AAHPM’s chief medical officer, told Hospice News in an email. This tracks with available data.

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