How does someone receive palliative care?

It helps to have: Enlightened physicians, caring nurses, and families that do not like to see their loved one suffer. It is a willingness to listen to benefits and liabilities of what more treatment offers versus what focus on symptom relief provides.

Ask for a referral: You may ask your doctor for a referral to a palliative care specialist, or look up here: http://www.Association-office.Com/aahpm-p/etools/certdir/search.Cfm to find a list of doctors. If you wish help from the nursing side, or home health, you may ask a local home health organization if they offer palliative care. For more information: http://www.Palliativedoctors.Org/.