What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care is a specialized form of medical care that focuses on improving the quality-of-life for people with serious or life-threatening illnesses. It aims to relieve suffering, manage symptoms, and provide emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families.
Palliative care is not limited to end-of-life care. It can be provided at any stage of a serious illness, alongside curative treatments. It involves a multidisciplinary team of professionals, including doctors, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and therapists.
Palliative care focuses on: Managing pain and other physical symptoms, Addressing emotional and spiritual distress, Providing support for caregivers, Helping patients and families make informed decisions about their care, and Respecting patients’ wishes and values
The following link is from the Mayo Clinic and may be helpful.
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-what-is-palliative-care-and-who-needs-it
If you or a loved one is interested in learning more about palliative care, please call the office and schedule an appointment with Dr. Guy.
MD, Board-Certified Internist, Concierge Medicine Physician
Dr. Guy Delorefice has been practicing in Sonoma County since 1999 as a board-certified internist. He earned a degree in Biology from St. Mary’s College of California, then completed his medical degree at Creighton University. While at Creighton, he launched medical clinics in third-world countries and became fluent in Spanish. His internship and internal medicine residency were completed at Providence St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. After finishing his training, he relocated to Sonoma County to be closer to home and family. Dr. Guy has built a reputation for exceptional patient care and has been voted by peers as a top physician in his specialty in consecutive years.
Outside medicine, he is deeply family-oriented — married to Rebecca, father to Lani and Capri, with a black lab named Hank. He’s passionate about the outdoors and spends time mountain biking, road biking, abalone diving, fishing, hunting, and skiing. He’s often seen biking around Sonoma with his family.