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Palliative Care and Hospice Care

Palliative care is care at any stage of the disease, especially in cases of chronic diseases. In case of hospice care, it has an end-of-life component. Congestive heart failure, heart disease, pulmonary disease, dementia and cancer are the most common conditions for those services, explain, Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ros, Medical Director of Palliative Care & Bioethics with Baptist Health South Florida and Berta M. Rodriguez, Palliative Care Social Worker with Baptist Health South Florida.

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