Pain and Palliative Care

Here to allay psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual suffering

Palliative care provides skilled management of symptoms from the burden of disease and treatments and allay suffering (psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual). Examples of these symptoms may include pain, constipation, anxiety, depression, loss of appetite to name a few.

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Pain and Palliative Care Service Highlights

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship

Caring for patients with common and rare diseases in research and community settings

This fellowship program is designed for candidates who have academic and clinical career goals in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Fellows gain hospice and palliative medicine expertise as they provide consultations for medical, psychological, and spiritual concerns and coordinate team-based, holistic integrative approaches.

Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program Testimonials

Hear directly from our graduates

Program alumni describe the fellowship as transformative in shaping their clinical skills, resilience, and ability to lead compassionate care teams across diverse settings. Many alumni are now pioneers and educators in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, reflecting the long-lasting impact of NIH’s training.

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Mindfulness Based Self Care 10-Day Audio Program

Simple practice, powerful tool

The mindfulness program we are offering is designed to help cultivate and strengthen your innate ability to be mindful. It consists of 10 audio recordings from 10-25 minutes. These audio recordings focus on learning and practicing mindfulness basics.

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NIH Healing Experience of All Life Stressors

A psycho-social-spiritual measure of healing

Healing Experience of All Life Stressors was developed by the NIH Clinical Center Pain and Palliative Care Service as a psycho-social-spiritual measure of healing that assesses positive transformation in response to challenging life events.