Ask the Hospice/Palliative Care Doctor Q2 2020

Questions submitted by readers and answered by the CLL Society Medical Advisory Board

By Ed Ratner, MD

Dr. Ratner is an internist who specializing in geriatrics and hospice/palliative care.  He currently serves as Associate Director of the Geriatrics Education Research Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and as an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School.  He is also a member of the CLL Society’s Hospice and End of Life Committee.