palliative care

Palliative care

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Comprehensive Palliative Care

Promoting cure whenever possible

Palliative Care specialist focus on the releif of pain and other distressing symptoms in people with serious illnesses. 

This type of care is centered around patients and their families to provide the best possible quality of life at any stage in a patients illness. 

 

 

How is Palliative Care different from Hospice?

Palliative Care is available from diagnosis through all stages of a serious illness, as extra support to improve quality of life with pain and symptom management. 

Hospice is a service provided to patient in the final months of a life-limiting illness, when curative treatments are no longer considered helpful. 

 

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Palliative Care and Humankindness

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DHMG Palliative Care Group offers an interdisciplinary team that includes:

  • Specialized Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Nurses
  • Social Workers
  • Chaplains

What can the DHMG Palliative Care Group help me with?

  • Cancer-related pain management
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Persistent nausea and vomiting
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Living wills
  • Healthcare proxy
  • Medical Power of Attorney
  • Aligning medical treatment with patient values and preferences
  • Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Nutrition and Hydration concerns
  • Hospice information
  • Support in coping with illnes
  • Support for family and loved ones

Patient resources

Dignity Health Medical Group Palliative Care Group

Shalini Chaliki, MD

Shalini Chaliki

Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care

Dignity Health Medical Group Internal Medicine - Chandler
1120 S. Dobson Rd, Bldg B, Suite 225, Chandler, AZ 85224
Phone: (480) 728-5460 Fax: (480) 728-5461

Maria Rejbi, DO

Maria Rejbi

Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Dignity Health Medical Group Specialty Medicine - St. Joseph's 
Palliative Care Group
500 W. Thomas Road, Suite 900B, Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone:(602) 406-2323 Fax: (602) 406-7816