Palliative Care is a recognized medical specialty which is designed to create a collaborative, holistic plan that includes the patient, the family and/or caregivers, and the involved providers, addresses the medical, psychosocial and and spiritual needs of a patient and family, provides an opportunity to discuss, review and document wishes in regards to future healthcare and life sustaining treatment decisions. It is designed to be offered to conjunction with curative treatment, ideally at the diagnosis of a chronic or life-limiting illness as a supportive means to ensure quality of life for both the patient and the family. When appropriate a transition to a plan for Hospice or Comfort Care can and will be supported.