Interdisciplinary palliative care consultation hours

The Competence Centre for Palliative Care at the USZ offers specialized palliative care to people with acute symptoms that are difficult to treat, an unstable disease situation or other complex problems. Our team of medical and nursing specialists will support you in all areas relating to a palliative illness.

For example, complex pain, fatigue, severe nausea or excessive demands at home. However, difficult decisions regarding further treatment or planning for the remaining period of life can also be discussed and recorded in the form of a living will in accordance with the Advance Care Planning standard.

Possible questions

  • Pain treatment
  • Nutrition
  • Planning for the further course of the disease
  • Creation of a living will
  • Social concerns
  • Relief of symptoms such as nausea, shortness of breath, fatigue
  • Networking with home services such as Spitex or meal services
  • Organization of the support network
  • Decision-making process
  • Disease management

For patients

Registration is usually carried out by your doctor, the Spitex team, the social services, the psycho-oncology specialist or by yourself or your relatives.

Tel. +41 43 253 64 45
Self-registration

For referrering physicians

University Hospital Zurich
Palliative Care Center
Raemistrasse 100
8091 Zurich

Tel. +41 43 253 64 45
Patient registration form

Room

University Hospital Zurich
Floor RAE-D
Raemistrasse 100
8091 Zurich

Caroline Hertler, PD Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology

Tel. +41 43 253 64 45
Specialties: Palliative care (oncological and non-oncological diseases), Neurology (especially neuro-oncology, epileptology), Addiction medicine