Outpatient treatment

The Palliative Ward with 10 beds was established at the St. Joseph Hospital in 1991. It was set up with the support of the German Ministry of Health. Its aim is improve the care provided to cancer patients and their relatives.

The Team

The Palliative Ward has a team of
extremely committed and specially trained staff, some with additional qualifications in palliative care and nursing training in oncology

  • Haemato-oncologist (internal medicine)
  • Pain therapist/anaesthesiologist
  • Psychologist
  • Physiotherapist
  • Pastoral counsellors (m/f)

Directors of Nursing:
Sister Christel Lukassen and Nurse Thomas Dewald

Medical Director:
U. Forst

Pain therapy:
J. Ulma, anaesthetist, pain therapist

Psychological counselling:
K. Kieseritzky, psychological psychotherapist
Clinical psychotherapy, behavioural therapy, special pain psychotherapy, psycho-oncology, palliative care, systematic family therapy
A. v. Legat, psychologist

Physiotherapy:
H. Brand, Chief Physiotherapist

Pastoral counselling:
Dean Wigbert Schwarze
Sister Cäcilia
Deaconess D. Warnecke

Tumour Outpatient Clinic

Contact:
Ms U. Forst

Ms I. Hrusovsky
(internal medicine)
Prof. Dr. H. H. Heidtmann
(Internal Medicine, Haematology, Oncology)
Tel.: +49 (0) 471 / 4805-582 or 4805-0 (pager)

Unterweser Pain Therapy Centre
Contact:
Mr. J. Ulma
Anaesthetist, special pain therapy
Tel.: +49 (0) 471 / 4805-670