Guerrant leads U.Va. The center's aim is relieving suffering and making dying better for the patient.
S peaking quietly, the nurse updates the rest of the health care team.
This woman looks frightened. When I go in, she's lying there with her eyes closed, but whenever she sees the hospital staff, she seems frightened. The meeting was typical for medical rounds at U.Va. Center for Hospice and Palliative Care , located in University Hospital. Although the center is small, with only six private rooms, it has helped about 2,000 patients in those five years.