Hospice News November 19, 2024
Lower Cape Fear LifeCare has opened the first free-standing palliative medicine clinic in southeastern North Carolina.
The LifeCare Center for Palliative Medicine will provide outpatient palliative care to patients experiencing serious illness. The clinic will serve patients from the Novant Health system, including its Zimmer Cancer Institute and physician clinics. It will also accept referrals from other physicians in the community.
“As oncologists, we work hand in hand with our palliative care colleagues who provide expertise on pain and symptom management and add an extra layer of support for people living with cancer,” Dr. Lindsey Buckingham, a gynecologic oncologist with Novant Health Zimmer Cancer Institute, said in a statement. “Both patients and families benefit from the involvement of both oncology...
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