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Our physicians, nurses, therapists, counselors, and researchers are changing the way healthcare copes with the pain and the suffering of life-limiting illness. We help 1,000 patients a day, one by one by one. And we’ve been doing it for three decades. Caring for patients in the compassionate tradition of hospice. Training palliative care physicians, nurses, therapists. Developing internationally-recognized research. Meeting your needs.
Call the leader in the relief of pain and suffering. Ask to speak to an access expert. Toll Free. 866-688-1600.
San Diego Hospice & The Institute for Palliative Medicine is a not-for-profit, independent health care organization providing expert pain management and compassionate care to adults, children and infants living with serious or life-limiting illness.
We serve patients and families throughout all of San Diego County.
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To prevent and relieve suffering and promote quality of life, at every stage of life, through patient and family care, education, research and advocacy.
San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care has earned the community’s respect over the past 29 years by providing exceptional care to those in need. The organization established the County’s first hospice program in 1977; and, has added comprehensive palliative care services over the past six years in response to the needs of the community. Palliative care services include a physician consultation services, comprehensive bereavement support and education, a specialized children’s program, and the nation’s largest physician specialty training program through the Center for Palliative Studies. Today, San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care has become one of the largest home care hospices in the country and is a nationally recognized leader in hospice care, education and research.
We believe:
No one should live in pain.
No one should live in fear.
No one should die feeling alone.
Everyone deserves to be a partner in her/his care, not just a patient.
Children deserve to have their grief honored and their lives celebrated.
We are changing the way people face living, dying and death for the better.
A 501(c)(3) Non-profit Organization
A California Licensed Hospice
A California Licensed Home Health Agency
A California Licensed Special Hospital: Hospice
A Medicare-certified hospice
Accredited by The National Institute for Jewish Hospice
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