Palliative Care and ALS: Maintaining hope during serious illness

Authors

Susan Parks, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Piera Pasinelli, PhD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Pesentation Date

3-27-2017

Objectives

Outline of talk:

Part 1:

• The disease: What is ALS?
• The approach: Medicine versus Science
• Our approach: Medicine, Science, Patients Together

Part 2

Palliative Care and ALS

• Develop standardized approach for decision-making and symptom management
• Become more comfortable with making a hospice recommendation

Presentation: 53:38

Recommended Citation

Parks, MD, Susan and Pasinelli, PhD, Piera, "Palliative Care and ALS: Maintaining hope during serious illness" (2017). Interprofessional Geriatric and Palliative Care Grand Rounds. Presentation 11.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/geriatricpalliativegr/11