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Sign our petition! Ask MA lawmakers to support quality of life

January 15, 2014

We have the opportunity to make life easier for thousands of Massachusetts residents living with cancer.

Palliative care provides an extra layer of support to cancer patients and sees the person beyond their treatment. It brings trained specialists together with doctors and nurses in a team-based approach to manage pain and other symptoms, explain treatment options, and improve quality of life during serious illness like cancer.

It's about TREATING THE PATIENT as well as the disease (a big shift in focus for health care delivery). And it works.

Ask your Massachusetts legislators to support HB 2104 "An Act to improve quality of life by expanding access to palliative care."

 

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