Inpatient Palliative Care

Services

Services

Here is how palliative care can help.

We help manage symptoms like:

  • Pain, nausea, and constipation

  • Shortness of breath

  • Anxiety, depression, and emotional distress

  • Other symptoms affecting your comfort and quality of life

 

We take time to:

  • Understand your values, priorities, and hopes

  • Talk through treatment options and what to expect

  • Help you and your loved ones feel confident making decisions that are right for you

 

We offer:

  • Emotional and spiritual support for patients and families

  • Guidance during difficult times, including support for children or teens

  • Family meetings to make sure everyone feels heard and aligned

  • Coordination with your hospital doctors and care team

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Stanford Inpatient Palliative Care

300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
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How To Get Connected

The inpatient palliative care consult service is available to patients who are admitted to Stanford Hospital. In order to ensure that we work collaboratively with our colleagues, we ask that the "primary team" of providers contact us directly. The "primary team" is the group of clinicians who oversee an admitted patient's care. If you are unsure of who your "primary team" is, please ask your bedside nurse, and they can help you identify them. 

If you feel that you would benefit from a palliative care consult, please let your bedside nurse or "primary team" providers know that you would like to meet with palliative care, and they can contact us.

Ask For a Referral

Ask your doctor or nurse to help you get a referral while you are admitted to the hospital.

Meet Our Team

Once your other doctors place a referral, you will meet with one of the members of our inpatient team.

Follow Up

We are also available to see you outside of the hospital in one of our 5 outpatient clinics.