Hospice News March 11, 2025
A key component of palliative care is understanding that chronic conditions may not be cured, but rather need to be managed, sometimes for many years.
Pharmacological drugs have their limitations — and they have side effects. They’re not effective in a lot of conditions, especially toward the end of life or in chronic illness care,” said Dr. William Collins, associate director of the Palliative Care Institute at Western Washington University.
Collins and Dr. Leila Kozak, the institute’s director, are among those leading the push for integrative therapies, a suite of care offerings that include acupuncture, massage, music therapy and aromatherapy.
“What’s happening now through these last 20 or 30 years, is that some of these approaches, things like massage,...
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