Health News You Can Use: Palliative Care & COVID-19

With the COVID pandemic, there has been a big increase in demand for palliative care in Kansas City and across the country.

This week we are talking to Dr. Rhonda Gaugh, the Palliative and Hospice Director for Saint Luke’s Health System, about what is palliative care, how it has played an important role in treating COVID-19, and how the pandemic has changed the field.
 

 

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