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Palliative care is specialized care for people facing serious illness, focusing on providing relief of suffering (physical, psychosocial, and spiritual), to maximize quality of life for both the patient and family. The Palliative Care and Quality of Life Advisory Council is a legislatively mandated council whose purpose is to continually assess the current status of palliative care in Tennessee and review the barriers that exist that prevent such care from being obtained and utilized by the people who could benefit from such care.