Palliative Care

Palliative Care at St. Mary's Medical Center is available to assist patients and families at any point during the course of a chronic, serious or life-threatening illness. We work in partnership with your doctor and team during the course of your hospital stay.

We can help patients and their loved ones by:

• Reducing or controlling pain or debilitating symptoms
• Counseling patients and families when making medical decisions becomes difficult
• Listening and providing support through all stages of illness
• Discussion of treatment choices, including hospice referrals and coordination of in-patient comfort care

Services are offered by a team consisting of the following:

• Physician
• Registered Nurse
• Pharmacist
• Chaplain

Learn More

For more information, please speak to your doctor or nurse, or call (415) 750-5907.