End of Life Care
The Fletcher Allen Palliative Care Service is an interdisciplinary, patient and family-centered program designed to deliver excellent pain and symptom management, advanced care planning, and end-of-life care for people with life threatening illness.
Important elements of the care we provide include attention to psychosocial, spiritual, and social domains of life-limiting disease. The Palliative Care Service utilizes the expertise of many disciplines within Fletcher Allen and the community at large to coordinate the care of our patients.
Contact Us
Any member of the health care team in addition to the patient or family member can request a Palliative Care consult at Fletcher Allen by calling the Physician Access Service (802) 847-2700 or (802) 847-5156.
All consult requests are reviewed with the patient’s attending physician. Consults are triaged based on the urgency of the situation or patient care needs. All consults are seen within 24 hours unless otherwise specified with the requesting person.
After hours and weekends a palliative care provider can be reached by calling the Fletcher Allen Physician Access Service (802) 847-2700.