Palliative Care

Regence Foundation Launches Palliative Care Grantmaking Program in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington

Published in Law and Health Weekly, October 31st, 2009

The Regence Foundation unveiled its signature philanthropic program today, Sojourns, to foster best practices, leadership and collaboration that help people with life-threatening and incurable illness to access quality palliative care in their own community. The Foundation also announced its first Sojourns grant to OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital for its Bridges pediatric palliative care program.

Palliative care is a holistic approach that treats the whole person, including management of pain and other discomfort at any stage of disease, while supporting caregivers and families. Depending on a patient's needs and goals for care, palliative care may be combined with...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2009-10-31)

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