Hospice and Palliative Medicine 207LH0002X
Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Hospice Medicine is end-of-life medicine to help make the patient more comfortable and to ease the suffering. Palliative Medicine is a unique area of health care that has goals to relieve and prevent the suffering of all patients. Palliative Medicine uses a multi-factorial approach to caring for patient and relies on advice from the doctors, chaplains, nurses, social workers and other health care professionals if planning how to care for a patient.
Taxonomy Code: 207LH0002X
Allopathic and Osteopathic Physicians | Anesthesiology | Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Allopathic and Osteopathic Physicians: Allopathic physicians are general doctors (Medical Doctor or MD), whereas osteopathic physicians (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine or DO) deal specifically with Osteopathy, targeting in healing the body with minimal use of medicine with an emphasis focusing on preventative care. Both types are fully licensed physicians, educated in diagnosing, as well as offering treatment for various illnesses and disorders.
Anesthesiology: Anesthesiology is when a doctor studies and practices the administering of sedation and or anesthesia to a patient for the intent of blocking pain. This branch of medicine is often looked at as mysterious because nobody really knows what happens when someone is 'put under.' Anesthesiologists work to prevent a patient from feeling pain during a surgical procedure, as well as dealing with it after the surgery.