| Organization Name: | BAY AREA PALLIATIVE CARE PC |
| NPI Number: | 1003047002 |
| Entity Type Code: | Organizational (2) |
| Authorized Official Name: | JAMES LESLIE RUBLE (OWNER) |
| Mailing Address: | 8885 Dawes Lake Rd N Mobile |
| State: | AL US |
| Postal Code: | 366194345 |
| Phone Number: | 2514087778 |
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| NPI Enumeration Date: | 08/07/2009 |
| NPI Last Update Date: | 08/31/2009 |
| Replacement NPI: | 0 |
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Taxonomy Information: | |
| Healthcare Provider Taxonomy: | 207QH0002X |
| License Number: | 24460 |
| Healthcare Provider Taxonomy: (Secondary) | Y |
| State: | AL |
| Taxonomy Type: | Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians |
| Taxonomy Classification: | Family Medicine |
| Taxonomy Specialization: | Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
| Taxonomy Definition: | A family medicine physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses. This specialist works with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life while addressing physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of both patient and family throughout the course of the disease, through the dying process, and beyond for the family. This specialist has expertise in the assessment of patients with advanced disease; the relief of distressing symptoms; the coordination of interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues; the use of specialized care systems including hospice; the management of the imminently dying patient; and legal and ethical decision making in end-of-life care. |