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Hospice and Palliative Medicine specialists - Evanston, IL

We found 9 hospice and palliative medicine specialists in Evanston, IL.

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Dr. Lauren A. Wiebe, MD

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Medical Oncology, Adult Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine

2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

847-503-4222

hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cancer, pancreatic cancer
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Dr. Lauren Wiebe works as a hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness), adult oncology, and medical oncology specialist in Evanston, IL, Glenview, IL, and Arlington Heights, IL. She studied at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Dr. Daniel H. Shevrin, MD

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Medical Oncology, Adult Oncology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine

2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL

847-570-2112

cancer, kidney cancer, genitourinary cancer
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Dr. Daniel Shevrin is a specialist in hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness), adult oncology, and medical oncology. He works in Evanston, IL and Glenview, IL. Dr. Shevrin graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
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Dr. Temu Brown, MD

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Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine

2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

847-503-4222

Dr. Temu Brown specializes in hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness) and hospital medicine (hospitalist) and practices in Evanston, IL, Highland Park, IL, and Glenview, IL. Dr. Brown studied at Morehouse School of Medicine.
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Lorraine Aguada, MSN, NP, FNP

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Hospice and Palliative Medicine

2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201

847-503-4222

Ms. Lorraine Aguada specializes in hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness) and practices in Evanston, IL, Arlington Heights, IL, and Glenview, IL.
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Ms. Lindsay Earon Emalfarb, LCSW

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Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Social Work

1127 Oakton, Evanston, IL 60202

847-868-2235

Ms. Lindsay Emalfarb specializes in social work and hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness) and practices in Highland Park, IL, Skokie, IL, and Evanston, IL.
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Dr. Mary Patricia Gallagher Rhodes, MD

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Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine

2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL

414-805-6800

Dr. Mary Rhodes works as a hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness) specialist in Evanston, IL, Highland Park, IL, and Glenview, IL. She studied at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
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Dr. Elizabeth Kent Gobbi, MD

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Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Psychiatry

633 Emerson Street, Evanston, IL

847-491-2151

Dr. Elizabeth Gobbi is a hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness) specialist in Chicago, IL. She is a graduate of Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine.
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Dr. Heather Helene Costello, MD

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Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Emergency Medicine

2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL

847-570-2114

Dr. Heather Costello is a specialist in hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness) and emergency medicine. She works in Evanston, IL. She graduated from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
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Dr. Lawrence Goldberg, MD

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Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Family Medicine

1043 Maple Avenue, Evanston, IL

847-414-5804

Dr. Lawrence Goldberg practices hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness) and family medicine in Evanston, IL.

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What is Hospice and Palliative Medicine?

Palliative care refers to any medical care that focuses on treating a patient's symptoms, such as pain, rather than directly addressing the underlying disease. Hospice care is a specific kind of palliative care that aims to make patients more comfortable at the end of their lives. Although hospice care and palliative care are two distinct medical specialties with their own definitions, they are very closely related to each other. Palliative care can technically be used at any stage of life; however when most people use the term palliative care, they are referring to hospice care -- making a terminally ill patient more comfortable when there is nothing more that medicine can do to treat their illness.

Hospice medicine is professional medical care for patients in the last 6 months or less of their lives. The aim of hospice is to provide quality of life rather than quantity and to make the patient and family as comfortable and supported as possible as they prepare for the natural process of death.

Hospice care is provided wherever the patient lives, whether that is at the patient's home, in a nursing home, in a hospital, or in some cases a center run by the hospice. Care is provided by a team of professionals, which usually includes:

Doctors
Nurses
Social workers
Therapists or counselors
Chaplains, pastors, priests, imams, or other clergy
Volunteers, who help with day-to-day tasks

Hospice care provides medical care, treatments and medications, services such as physical therapy, equipment such as wheelchairs, community and religious connections, and emotional support.

Death can be a difficult event, and hospice aims to help tend to the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients at this time. After death, hospice often continues to support the family through the logistics of the funeral and any religious services as well as their grief process.