… from Legrand and Walsh at the Cleveland Clinic. some pearls of practical guidance for the care of the dying … the first step is to diagnose the dying process … “Families have a need and a right to prepare for a death.” … also … signs of impending death (Table 2) … barriers to […]
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… as she has enters hospice care … an interview with links to Robin singing “The Plan” … “What We Are Worth”. from the NPR interview … Rogers’ background could have come from a blues song. She was a teenage runaway who slept in abandoned cars and abused alcohol and drugs. She says she’s been sober
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“To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always” The 3rd annual medical conference for physicians, nurses, and medical students will take place in Florham Park, NJ from October 21-23, 2011 www.medicalconference.us For more information write to:medconference.aamp@gmail.com
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… John Waters on the death of the century … Missing John Lennon Part 1 Missing John Lennon Part 2 “And here is the greatest of all ironies. One of the main legacies of what we remember as the Sixties revolution was the final redundancy of God. The idea of man’s subjugation or inferiority to
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… results in less agitated behavior. Cohen-Mansfield et. al. study a variety of stimuli (talking, listening to music, activities) and find that elderly with dementia then have less agitation. We are social beings … we would probably all be better off if we spent more time talking with each other, listening to music and playing
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… “this painting, entitled “la malade – the sick woman”, finds its strength of expressiveness in the lively and intense red color of the face, which immediately recalls a real feverishness. The eyes are barely drawn by a pencil line, so that the face is expressionless; sickness is the main actor, taking over the face
… The New Old Age blog on caring for those with dementia at the end-of-life. As is often the case, the comments offer an excellent glimpse into the reality of patients, families and caregivers … a virtual focus-group.
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… Nicholas Tonti-Filippini’s letter to the Australian Premier discusses the illusions and dangers of euthanasia. “Relevant to this matter is the fact that I am dealing with my own terminal illness (combination of renal failure, advanced ischaemic heart disease and Rheumatoid auto-immune disease) and am dependant on haemodialysis and palliative care. I have undergone 15
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… an attitude of obedience … of following … ” … it is not up to us to choose the road through which the Mystery leads the other to his destiny. We are the ones who have to submit to the modality used by the Mystery to bring us and others to destiny: this is
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… the souls of the dead are traditionally remembered in November. The Mexican artist Nicolas de Jesus has an exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art. “The commuters in “En el Tren (In the Subway)” are an urban mix of skeletons. All are fully clothed, some sporting hats and glasses, others with dreadlocks reaching down
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