Through the collaboration of these experts, a palliative care team can provide many services to help a patient cope with disease. Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists assist the patient in tailoring the treatment for their specific symptoms. Also, they ensure the patient is not is pain and make recommendations for future treatment.

“While some patients will want to discuss psychological or spiritual concerns and some will not, it is fundamentally important to assess each individual and their partners and families need for this type of support. Denying an individual and their support system an opportunity to explore psychological or spiritual concerns is just as harmful as forcing them to deal with issues they either don't have or choose not to deal with.”

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliative_care#Dealing_with_distress