{"id":6,"date":"2025-09-11T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/pcare\/clinical\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:55:23","slug":"clinical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/clinical\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<h3>UNC Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care (OOPC)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2023\/04\/OOPC-Welcome-Letter-9-2-25.pdf\">OOPC Welcome Letter<\/a> \u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2025\/09\/Outpatient-Oncology-Palliative-Care-Welcome-Packet.pdf\">OOPC Welcome Packet<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2026\/01\/NEW-Palliative_Care_Bifold_Final.pdf\">UNC Palliative Care Brochure<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>UNC Palliative Care Program Patient-Provider Pain Medication Agreement<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2020\/04\/Palliative-Care-Patient-Provider-Pain-Agreement-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English Version<\/a> \u00a0 | \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/503\/2020\/04\/Palliative-Care-Patient-Provider-Pain-Agreement-SPANISH.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palliative care services are available from the time of diagnosis regardless of life expectancy or the intensity of a patient&#8217;s treatment indications.<\/p>\n<p>Patients with a serious or life-limiting illness and their families can benefit from palliative care if they have one or more of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pain or other troublesome physical symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Emotional, psychological, or spiritual suffering<\/li>\n<li>Concerns about difficult treatment decisions<\/li>\n<li>Coordination of care and treatments among doctors and nurses at all stages of an illness<\/li>\n<li>Complex care needs that make it difficult leaving the hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Patients and families can request palliative care involvement by asking their attending physician.<\/p>\n<p>Clinical staff in the UNC system can access palliative care in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Outpatient Palliative Care at Eastowne in Internal Medicine Clinic: Please call 984-974-4462<\/li>\n<li>Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care: Please call 984-215-5370<\/li>\n<li>Community-Based Palliative Care: 984-215-5588<\/li>\n<li>Inpatient Adult Palliative Care: Please page the Palliative Care Consult Adult Service via WebXchange<\/li>\n<li>Pediatric Palliative Care: Please page the Children&#8217;s Supportive Care Team via WebXchange<\/li>\n<li>Inpatient Hospice Medical Services at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncmedicalcenter.org\/uncmc\/care-treatment\/hospice\/hospice-home-of-unc-health-care\/\">SECU Jim and Betsy Bryan Hospice Home of UNC Health Care<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For general palliative care questions, contact us by <a href=\"mailto:Mary.Mcgrath@unchealth.unc.edu\">email<\/a> or phone 984-215-5370.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Outpatient Oncology Palliative Care (OOPC) OOPC Welcome Letter \u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 OOPC Welcome Packet\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0UNC Palliative Care Brochure UNC Palliative Care Program Patient-Provider Pain Medication Agreement English Version \u00a0 | \u00a0 Spanish Version Palliative care services are available from the time of diagnosis regardless of life expectancy or the intensity of a patient&#8217;s treatment &hellip; 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