The role of the pallative

The palliative care team is a specialized palliative care service and provides counseling within and outside Landspítali. Its main role is to provide advice to healthcare professionals:

• in assessing and treating symptoms that occur during illness

• due to communication difficulties due to discharges

• for discharges when specialized home care is needed or admission to a hospice.

The team also provides direct counseling and support to patients and relatives in the outpatient ward and by telephone. The team conducts teaching, research and development in the field of palliative care.

The members of the hospice counselling team

Arna Dögg Einarsdóttir, arnae@landspitali.is, Head of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and HERU,

Katrín Edda Snjólaugsdóttir, katrinsn@landspitali.is, Nurse, MSc, phone: 620 1518,

Kristín Jóhanna Þorbergsdóttir, kthorb@landspitali.is, Nurse, tel. 825 0951,

Kristín Lára Ólafsdóttir, kristinl@landspitali.is, Specialist in Ambulatory Nursing, MSc, 825 5114,

Team e-mail:liknarteymi@landspitali.is

Others in the hospice team

Valgerður Sigurðardóttir, Chief Medical Officer, Oncology and Physiothermal

Guðlaug Helga Ásgeirsdóttir Hospital Priest

Jóhanna Hildur Jónsdóttir, specialist in general medicine