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Palliative Care Team Supports Patients and Families Navigating Serious Illness

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, a time to raise awareness about this specialized care and to recognize the dedicated caregivers and professionals committed to providing comfort and support to patients with serious, chronic and/or life-limiting illnesses.

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Palliative Care

The first principle of palliative medicine is to relieve the pain and other distressing symptoms that have otherwise become a burden to those living with serious or advanced illness.

Debunking 5 Common Myths About Palliative Care

Palliative care is an often misunderstood healthcare specialty. This blog debunks myths that we would like patients and families to understand.

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Home Care

South Shore Health’s Home Care Division offers a variety of services for patients of every age. If you need help caring for a newborn baby, have had surgery, have an acute or chronic medical condition, are disabled, are living alone, or need help to stay independent and in your home, our home care...

Talking about Serious Illness with Your Primary Care Provider

South Shore Health recently joined the Serious Illness Care Implementation Collaborative to initiate more, better, and earlier conversations with seriously ill patients. See how we're rolling out the program at South Shore Medical Center in Norwell.

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A Record-Breaking Night: South Shore Health’s Luminaria raises $345,000 for Home Care

Duxbury’s Rosemary and Jim Phalen; Christopher Oddleifson, Chief Executive Officer of Rockland Trust Company named “Home Care Champions."

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Ron Y Shiloh, MD

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Weymouth, MA

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Board Certification: Radiation Oncology, 2013

Fellowship: Harvard Palliative Medicine Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Massachusetts General Hospital, Palliative Medicine

Residency: Harvard Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Program, Internal Medicine Northwestern University, Radiation Oncology

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine

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Sarah K May, MD

Locations

Weymouth, MA

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I'm a Senior Network Physician practicing at Dana-Farber Community Cancer Care in Weymouth. I am certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Hematology, Medical Oncology and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. I received my BA from Oberlin College and my MD from Tufts University School of Medicine. I did my training in Internal Medicine at Boston City Hospital and her Hematology-Oncology training at New England Medical Center. In my free time, I enjoy traveling, music and outdoor pursuits.

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