
Dr. Timothy E Quill MD
Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist | Hospice and Palliative Medicine
601 Elmwood Ave Box 687 Rochester NY, 14642About
Dr. Timothy Quill is a hospice and palliative care specialist practicing in Rochester, NY. Dr. Quill provides care to people who are seriously ill. As a hospice and palliative care specialist, Dr. Quill works to relieve the pain and suffering of people who have a severe medical condition and are in a critical state. Hospice and palliative care specialists try to improve the quality of life for a person who may not have much time left to live.
Education and Training
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1976
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Exploring human suffering: why the reluctance?
- Risk taking by physicians in legally gray areas.
- In-hospital end-of-life services: is the cup 2/3 empty or 1/3 full?
- Careful conversation about care at the end of life.
- Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst.
- An integrated biopsychosocial approach to palliative care training of medical students.
- Complex questions embedded in tracheotomy decisions.
- Dying and decision making--evolution of end-of-life options.
- Communicating evidence for participatory decision making.
- Opening the black box: physicians' inner responses to patients' requests for physician-assisted death.
- Terri Schiavo--a tragedy compounded.
- The million dollar question.
- Eliminating analgesic meperidine use with a supported formulary restriction.
- Ethical issues in palliative care.
- Underdosing of morphine in comparison with other parenteral opioids in an acute hospital: a quality of care challenge.
Treatments
- Back Pain
- Pain
Dr. Timothy E Quill MD's Practice location
Practice At 601 Elmwood Ave Box 687
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Nearest Hospitals
STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITALl
601 ELMWOOD AVE ROCHESTER NY 14642HIGHLAND HOSPITALl
1000 SOUTH AVENUE ROCHESTER NY 14620