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Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ros

Medical Director of Palliative Care & Bioethics with Baptist Health South Florida

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Inequality In Health Care

Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ros, Medical Director of Palliative Care & Bioethics with Baptist Health South Florida, talks about how necessary it is to create incentives for keeping and retaining women in the workforce. With a digital graphic, the specialists explains how it is possible to eradicate inequities in health care.

Hospice: Levels of Care

Routine home care, continuous care, inpatient care and respite care are levels of hospice care. Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ros, Medical Director of Palliative Care & Bioethics with Baptist Health South Florida, says collaboration should continue between the hospice providers and physicians.

Needing Palliative Care

Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ros, Medical Director, Palliative Care and Bioethics at Baptist Health South Florida, says someone with cancer should start using palliative care immediately in order to be able to help their physician, managing their symptoms physically or psychologically. She explains the patient not only lives with improved quality of life, but also actually lives longer.

The Benefits Of Palliative Care

Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ros, Medical Director, Palliative Care and Bioethics at Baptist Health South Florida, says the benefits of palliative care are to put the patient in the center of your decision-making to ease any type of pain issues, like nauseous and vomiting all the time. She explains palliative care is there for the patient, but also for the family as well, providing all levels of support.

Women In Clinical Studies

“It's really important for women not just to be part of the system, but to be part of the system at the higher level," says Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ros, Medical Director of Palliative Care & Bioethics with Baptist Health South Florida. The specialist also says for women It's important to be part of clinical studies and their payment too, because women need to be compensated fairly. Women are significantly underpaid compared to men, she affirms.

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