About the Center

Vision

The UAB Center for Palliative Care uses a comprehensive approach to caring for people with advanced, life-threatening or life limiting illness. This specialty is directed at supportive management of patients and their loved ones with a focus on relief of physical, social, emotional, or spiritual suffering.

Mission

The Center for Palliative Care serves patients and families experiencing life-threatening, life-limiting, or advanced illness by providing compassionate clinical care, demonstrating leadership in teaching health professionals and trainees, conducting collaborative research, and influencing health care delivery and public policy.

The UAB Center for Palliative Care will achieve its stated vision through development of:

  • A program of research aimed at improving palliative and end-of-life care
  • A comprehensive range of training activities in palliative and end-of-life care
  • A program of outreach efforts aimed at sharing knowledge, expertise, and resources
  • A network of participatory relationships to involve the community in our work and mission
  • Partnerships with other programs providing end-of-life care to Alabamians, their families and friends, and their communities.

Please use the links to the left to access specific information on our patient care, research, and training programs. 

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