The Cunniff-Dixon Foundation was created in 2005 in memory of Carley Cunniff and in recognition of Dr. Peter S. Dixon. Carley died in January of 2005 after a 3- year battle with breast cancer. Peter Dixon was her attending physician during her last year; he was the guiding light who enabled her to die a
It is with great sadness we announce the death of CDF Founder Matthew (Andy) Baxter. The Cunniff Dixon Foundation sorely misses our visionary and leader who transitioned quietly, surrounded by family, and in peace on February 21, 2022. A compassionate champion of quality end-of-life care, Andy was also our dear friend and mentor. It
Dr. Peter Dixon, MD, FACP For over 31 years, Peter Dixon has been practicing the art of good doctoring. With adult primary care the focus of his practice, many of his patients are over 80, and he is renowned as it pertains to quality end of life care. He is highly regarded for
It is with great sadness we announce the death of CDF Founder Matthew (Andy) Baxter. The Cunniff Dixon Foundation sorely misses our visionary and leader who transitioned quietly, surrounded by family, and in peace on February 21, 2022. A compassionate champion of quality end-of-life care, Andy was also our dear friend and mentor. It
Influencer Interview Series With Dr. Lydia DugdaleDescribe Your Path Within Medicine That Led You To Examine Modern Attitudes Towards Death And Dying?I remember as a medical student standing in the intensive care unit (ICU) in total awe at how our technology can thwart and even reverse death. I remember listening to an attending physician talk
Physicians and Nurses Recognized for Providing Exceptional End of Life Care The Hastings Center and The Cunniff-Dixon Foundation are pleased to announce nine recipients of awards that honor clinicians for outstanding care provided to patients nearing the end of life. The awards are based on technical competence, personal integrity, empathic dialogue with patients, active engagement
In 2007, a year after Palliative Medicine became an approved medical subspecialty, you started an award-winning palliative care program at Stony Brook University Hospital. Can you walk us through that experience as an innovator? During the first six months of starting Stony Brook's first palliative care consultation service, I sometimes had to spell the word
The role of palliative care is widely misperceived as a strategy reserved for patients with limited options in advanced stages of disease. This misperception has been standing in the way of broader application of treatments that can improve quality of life (QOL) of patients with serious disease even when the prognosis is good, according to
Last year, when an oncologist advised that Betty Chin might benefit frompalliative care, her son Kevin balked. Mrs. Chin, a retired nurse’s aide who lives in Manhattan’s Chinatown, was undergoing treatment for a recurrence of colorectal cancer. Her family understood that radiation and chemotherapy wouldn’t cure her, but they hoped doctors could keep the cancer
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