The Future of Whole Person Care

When we’re sick, we usually focus on our medical treatments. But what about our personal care? Are we getting the emotional and social support we need? Does our medical care reflect our values?

If we can improve the patient experience in the last two years of life, we will go a long way toward improving health care for people at every stage of life.

California's Catholic bishops, Providence St. Joseph Health and Dignity Health will help scale the initiative being developed in California to spread best practices in pastoral and clinical care...

Tenesha Depaz, 40, talks to her palliative care doctor, Collin Scibetta.; Credit: Michelle Faust/KPCC Michelle FaustA new report shows about half of seriously ill Californians have access to...

Partnership aims to transform how Catholic health care, parishes care for the sick and dying...

Tune in to this webinar series to find out everything you need to know about palliative care.

It's hard when a loved one needs end of life care, even harder when they can't afford it. learn how Providence St. Joseph Health helps families in need receive this vital care.

Becky Brinda had known about advance directives for a long time; her husband had completed one after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. But when Becky herself was diagnosed with a serious disease...

What is "whole person care" at all stages of life? How is illness personal?

We hear the words palliative care and think end-of-life, hospice, impending death. Then we stop listening all together. Many think there are two separate roads in cancer care, one curative and...

Portraits of people with serious illness sharing their loving wisdom, through the lens of renowned photographer Andrew George. These moving images would not have been possible without the help of...

Dr. Ellyn Lee unveils the misconception in both the medical community and general public that palliative care is only for those near end of life and how patients are missing an opportunity early on...

Asia Harmeling and Ralph Pasana talk about why they chose nursing. Ralph shares the memory as a teen of one day wanting to spend time with friends rather than care for his grandmother and how that...

Through National Hospice and Palliative Care Month every November, we’re reminded that now is the best time to learn about hospice when end-of-life care isn’t an immediate concern.

Dr. Ira Byock and Dr. BJ Miller discuss being present, caring for the seriously ill, self-care and the secret to life.

Actress Shar Jackson recently faced this issue when she and her family were forced to make care decisions for her ailing mother who did not have an advance directive...