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Palliative Care is a medical specialty that cares for patients with serious illnesses and their families. It is patient-centered and family-engaged medical care that focuses on enhancing quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering. The palliative care team works along with the primary medical care team to support a child and family throughout their journey with a serious illness, beginning at diagnosis.

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Services We Offer

  • Expert pain and symptom management
  • Guidance through complex medical decisions
  • Education of complex medical conditions and treatment options
  • Identification of resources to navigate the healthcare system
  • Support effective communication between child, family and medical providers
  • Help families make medical decisions and set goals based on their preferences, beliefs, and values

  • Partners with patients, families, and physicians to develop a care plan to treat the underlying illness while easing its impact on the patient and the family
  • Assistance with spiritual needs
  • Provide grief and bereavement support services
  • Management of the social and practical challenges of a serious illness
  • Coordination of care between home and hospital

Conditions the Palliative Care Team Treats

Any patient with a medical condition that is chronic, life-threatening or life-limiting would benefit from palliative care. This may include, but not be limited to, children with:

  • Genetic conditions
  • Nervous system diseases
  • Cancer
  • Heart conditions

  • Lung disease
  • Kidney disease
  • Prematurity
  • Organ transplants

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Ramya Yeleti

Ramya Yeleti, D.O.

4.8/5.0 - 54 rating
Specialties
  • Palliative Care
  • Hospice & Home Health Care
Locations (3)
  • Charleston, SC
  • Charleston, SOUTH CAROLINA
  • CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
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Shannon D'Alton

Shannon D'Alton, MSN, APRN, PNP

Specialties
  • Pediatric Palliative Care
Locations (1)
  • Charleston, SC
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Amy Smith

Amy Smith, CRNA

Specialties
  • Pediatric Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
  • Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
Locations (1)
  • Charleston, SC
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MUSC Children's Health Palliative Care

Address
2575 Elms Center Road
Charleston, SC 29406
Hours
Specialties
  • Pediatric Palliative Care
Contact
call(843) 985-7255 View Location Details

MUSC Children's Health Palliative Care at Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital

Address
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital
10 McClennan Banks Drive
Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital
Charleston, SC 29425
Hours
Specialties
  • Pediatric Palliative Care
Contact
call(843) 792-1414 View Location Details

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