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Does anyone have experience with Palliative Care?

Chronic Pain | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (109)
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@colleenyoung

Hi @antillon8084, I'm glad you found this discussion. At Mayo Clinic, and I believe elsewhere, a patient doesn't require multiple referrals from specialists for access to palliative care. A referral can be made by your PCP or a particular specialist like an oncologist, cardiologist, pulmonologist, neurologist, etc depending on the underlying condition that is initiating the referral.

Antillon, do you have experience with palliative care? How did you get referred?

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ashby1947 | @ashby1947 | Dec 20, 2020

Hi Colleen - Please see my post from yesterday. I spoke with Dr. Robinson, who was kind, professional, and informative; however, she spoke of pretty well defined criteria for whom they would and would not accept into the palliative care program. She also did not consider the referral from my PCP and referenced me as a self-referral. Perhaps that's because my PCP is not a member of the Mayo staff. I'm sure it's a great program, as, in my experience, all Mayo programs are. But apparently it is not for me. Back to the drawing board! Have a good day. Sue

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