Two area hospitals were featured in the most recent issue of Supportive Voice, the publication for the supportive care industry.

The Palliative Care teams at Saint John hospital in Leavenworth and Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., were joined by three other hospitals in an article about the research the teams are doing. In their research, the hospitals examined what sort of procedures can improve the quality of end-of-life care.

Through the research, the hospitals are developing standard orders that can allow family members to withdraw life support without subjecting a patient to unnecessary suffering.