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Northwestern Medicine Palliative Care Palos Heights

Overview

Please note, patients are not seen at this location; they are seen in their homes.

Palliative care services aim to improve quality of life by relieving the symptoms associated with serious illness. It can begin at any stage of a life-altering illness to help people:

  • Live with illness
  • Manage the effects of aggressive, curative treatment
  • Find ways to handle day-to-day challenges

Palliative care can help shift the medical approach from crisis intervention to crisis prevention; for example, good symptom management may help avoid an unwanted hospitalization.

Palliative care also aims to provide support for patients and their loved ones as they face the uncertainty that comes with serious illness. Whether it's questions about treatment choices or advance care planning, we partner with patients and their families to navigate their care.

Why Choose Us

Northwestern Medicine is proud to have five hospitals ranked among “America’s Best” by U.S. News & World Report for 2023-24. Anchored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the only Illinois hospital on the national Honor Roll for 12 straight years, our clinical and administrative staff and medical and science faculty come together every day with a shared commitment to superior quality, academic excellence, scientific discovery and patient safety.

With Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, we’re dedicated to consistently providing high-quality, cost-effective, patient-focused care. We seek to improve the health of the communities, individuals, family and friends we serve by delivering a broad range of services with leading medicine and compassion. Because what makes us better, makes you better.

Meet the Team

Physician with his arms crossed, holding a stethoscope

Our team of palliative care clinicians focuses on improving quality of life by relieving symptoms associated with serious illness.

Meet the Northwestern Medicine Palliative Care Palos Heights Team