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Palliative Treatment Improves Quality of Life for Hospitalized Patients

J. Froelich
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KUAF

Palliative care, a relatively new field of medicine, provides holistic treatment to hospital patients with serious illness. We meet a physician who directs a palliative care team at Washington Regional in Fayetteville to better understand what it is and how it works.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.