Older and wiser?
Please be patient with me, it sounds like I have a few years to go.
Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Being present … attentive, receptive & responsive …
… is the most important thing we do as we accompany the seriously ill and dying. We have found Frank Ostaseski’s work helpful, in particular his use of Rachel Naomi Remen’s distinctions on serving, helping and fixing.
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When the doctor gets sick …
This NYT piece that tells the story of the illness and death of a hospice-palliative care physician is generating a lot of discussion, including some clarifications from her husband.
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a prayer before rounds …
… in a room … where people are under a lot of stress, you have to pray a prayer of forgiveness for them and perhaps for yourself before going in. You have to forgive them right out because you don’t always find them at their best. A lot of things that have been kept silent
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“Do Everything!”
Discussing Treatment Preferences With Patients Who Want “Everything” (Annals of Internal Medicine) … is a practical article that helps us better understand what our patients and their families may be asking us when they say they want “everything” done.
The Lady and the Reaper
The Lady and the Reaper is a wonderful Academy Award nominated short (8 1/2 minutes) about the modern day struggle to die.
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palliative sedation: the last resort may not be the best
Gerard S Brungardt, MD, BeL, FACP, FAAHPM Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice; University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita, Wichita, KS 67202, Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD, Farr A. Curlin, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, Il, 60637 We are pleased that Quill et al. recognize a distinction between Proportionate Palliative Sedation (PPS)—vigorous treatment of
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