Description:
This session will employ a case-based learning approach to examine the role of palliative care for patients with life-limiting rheumatologic diseases and patients with advanced malignancies who develop de novo rheumatologic conditions secondary to immunotherapy. We will review the preliminary data on the needs of this patient population and the level of knowledge and comfort of providers in caring for this population as they approach the end of life. We will consider areas for future clinical, research and teaching opportunities at the intersection of these two disciplines, and how a collaborative model of care may provide a template both for the provision of palliative care for patients with other non-malignant illnesses, for teaching trainees about the benefits of early, interdisciplinary, integrated palliative care.

Presenter(s):     Dr. Alexandra Saltman
Moderator:        Dr. Amit Arya