Pain and Palliative Care: Improving Quality of Life

The National Health and Medical Research Council states Palliative Care should not be confined to 'end of life’ care, but is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering. This panel discusses the importance of Palliative Care. Guests: Jose Contreras, MD, FAAHP, Chair, Pain & Palliative Medicine Institute, Hackensack Univ. Medical Center; Mary E. O’Dowd, MPH, Commissioner, NJ Dept. of Health; Ray Medina,Palliative Care Patient; Colleen W. Bell, RN, APN, Founder & Pres., NJ Palliative Care APN (Advanced Practice Nurse) Consortium/ Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

10/05/13 #2451