When you have a terminal illness, it can feel as if your life is out of control. Pamela Tapley discovered that with palliative care it’s possible to regain some of that control.
People are starting to see that they have options and that they can make good choices at the end of life. They’re looking at how to spend their last days.
Why palliative care is so important, not only for a seriously ill patient but for the entire family. A conversation with palliative care specialist Dr. Diane Meier.
For more than 20 years, Diane was the health reporter on WCSH 6. Before that, a radiation therapist at Maine Medical Center and after, Manager of Marketing/PR at Mercy Hospital. Now she writes the award-winning blog Catching Health with Diane Atwood.
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