Description: In a recent story in the New York Times, Katy Butler described her parents' experiences with illness, the health care system, and the decline of her mother's well-being in-step with her father's physical and cognitive decline. Butler's beautiful account of her parents' lives before the onset of illness and subsequent to her father's stroke,
Description: Enjoy this short video produced by the Hastings Center, featuring interviews with the 2010 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician awardees and information on this years nominations. We are excited for our second year of prizes! Link: Visit Site Media Provided By: The Hastings Center Video: Sorry, you need to install flash to see this content.
Description: I want to draw people's attention to a fantastic new piece in the New Yorker by Atul Gawande titled, "Letting Go: What should medicine do when it can't save your life?" The stories told are raw and emotional, and offer glimpses into the struggles of patients with life-threatening illnesses, family caregivers, nurses, and physicians.
Description: The grieving process is incredibly important for anyone trying to cope with and understand loss. This song, by Peter Gabriel, was written after his father died and is a very moving piece of art. Perhaps this kind of art that others have shared during their grieving process can only help us express our
Description: One out of every four of us will die while residing in a nursing home. For most of us, that stay in a nursing home will be brief, although this may depend upon social and demographic variables like our gender, net worth, and marital status. These are the conclusions of an important new study
Description: What is the purpose of Advance Care Planning? I have been taught to view the goal as helping patients define what they would want done if they became seriously ill. But there is an important article by Rebecca Sudore and Terri Fried that convinces me I should think about this very differently. Sudore and
Description: Care for patients at the end of life has long troubled American medicine, not only in its failure to provide good palliative care, but also in the relationship between doctors and patients. Many efforts to remedy this situation have emerged: a growing and strengthening palliative care movement, better understanding of the situation of patients
Synopsis: This book provides excellent perspective on end-of-life care and the purpose and quality one should look for in palliative care. Highlights include detailed descriptions and information regarding symptoms and medication treatment plans. Source: Book Vol/Page/Date: 2003 Resource Type: Book Author/Source: James L. Hallenbeck, M.D. keywords: Palliative care, book, symptoms, medication plans, pharmacology, pain,
Synopsis: "We are in need of medicine with a heart. . . . The endless physical, emotional, and financial burdens that a family carries when their child dies . . . makes you totally incapable of dealing with incompetence and insensitivity." The full text of this book is free online via the link below.
Synopsis: Review: This is a remarkable book written by an insightful occupational therapist who works in palliative care in New Mexico. Here are the stories of seventeen patients, filled with compassion and caring and Jillian Brasch’s practical strategies and insights. Anyone who works in palliative care will enjoy reading these stories and they will improve
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