Public Health Out Loud

Impacting Quality of Life with Palliative and Hospice Care

Dr. Philip Chan, Rhode Island Department of Health

Palliative and hospice care can both have a huge impact on one’s quality of life  during serious illness. How do these types of care differ and when are they important? In this episode, Dr. Chan sits down with Diana Franchitto and Dr. Jennifer Ritzau of HopeHealth, a nonprofit palliative and hospice care organization in Rhode Island, to answer these questions and more.