This Thanksgiving Consider Having the Talk of a Lifetime
This Thanksgiving Consider Having the Talk of a Lifetime As we all know, November is the month of Thanksgiving, of gathering with loved ones and...
Palliative Care: Applying “The Platinum Rule” for My Patients
Palliative Care: Applying “The Platinum Rule” for My Patients As a palliative medicine consultant, I see patients and families during some of the most arduous...
Gilchrist Integrative and Palliative Medicine: Using Our Toolbox to Enhance Well-being
Gilchrist’s Integrative and Palliative Medicine team focuses on the mind-body care of patients with serious illness and their families, using all the “tools” that work....
The Benefits of Early Palliative Care
Understanding the benefits of early palliative care requires understanding palliative care in general. Palliative care is not a single service but rather a philosophy of...
Integrative Medicine Helps Patients With Cancer Live Their Best Life
By Rhonda Gold, Ovarian Cancer Survivor Gilchrist’s Integrative and Palliative Medicine services are available to patients receiving cancer treatment at GBMC. Encouragement, mindfulness, hope and...
Community Supports Gilchrist’s Care Teams During the Pandemic
With your support, together our story goes on. 1,008. That is the number of patients that Gilchrist is caring for throughout our community at this...
How Can Integrative and Palliative Medicine Help People with Serious Illness?
Each day, the physicians and nurse practitioners on our Integrative and Palliative Medicine team live and breathe Gilchrist’s philosophy of supporting patients and families through...
What Hospice Care Means to Patients and Their Families
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month — a time to celebrate the care that helps patients and family caregivers find comfort, respect and...
Palliative Care Myths and Facts
The term “palliative care” is often misunderstood. Unfortunately, these misconceptions can keep people from realizing all the benefits it can offer. People may assume it...
Choosing How You Want to Live…And Die
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and we at Gilchrist—along with hospice and palliative care programs across the country—want to help people understand...