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Pain Medicine
Uncontrolled pain can interfere with cancer treatment and affect quality of life. Our team of medical specialists and other health-care professionals provides the following pain treatments:
• Medications
• Anesthetic and surgical procedures
• Physical therapies
• Psychological, cognitive, and behavioral
interventions
Utilizing currently available methods, pain can be managed without causing addiction or other difficult side effects.
Palliative Care
Palliative care is a comprehensive approach to care that enhances quality of life for patients and their families. Palliative care includes the following:
• Medical management of pain and other
symptoms such as nausea and fatigue
• Psychological and spiritual support for
patients and their families
• Advance care planning
• Rehabilitation
• Psychiatric care
Palliative care is an integral part of cancer care whether a person has just been diagnosed, is in active treatment, has been successfully treated, or has terminal illness.
Holistic Medicine
Holistic medicine promotes wellness. If patients are interested in reducing their risk of cancer or if they have been diagnosed, we may make referrals to providers of the following:
• Massage therapy
• Hypnosis
• Guided imagery
• Relaxation
• Stress management
• Nutritional support
• Acupuncture
• Other services
Our goal is to help patients achieve an optimal state of health by incorporating services that enhance quality of life and effectiveness of treatment.
Support Groups
For more information view support group page.
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