Palliative care is specialized medical care that helps to relieve the pain, treatment side effects and stress often caused by a serious illness.

Through its multidisciplinary, holistic approach for body, mind and spirit, palliative care focuses on quality of life for patients with a serious illness.

Dr. Michelle Cajulis, Summit Medical Group internist, shares the vital role palliative care plays in treatment for serious illness and how patients and their families can benefit.