Walter B Guthrie, M.D. is a hospice and palliative medicine family medicine in Morganton, NC. The provider is 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. Walter B Guthrie, M.D. NPI is 1093711160. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.
The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.
The provider's business location address is:
244 W PARK DR
MORGANTON, NC
ZIP 28655-218
Phone: (828) 260-5347
The enumeration date for this NPI number is 6/23/2005 and was last updated on 1/22/2013.