January 22, 2019
Grandad Has a Fever!
Over the weekend one of our hospice patients had been brought to the Emergency Department…
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January 15, 2019
Palliative Care: It’s not Just Hospice Anymore
The University of Colorado's Palliative Care Coursera Specialization launched about a month ago and people…
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December 28, 2018
Take My Breath Away
"Take My Breath Away" was written specifically for the movie Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise…
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December 21, 2018
No One Wants to Die…
No One wants to die. This is usually followed by some “inspiring” pabulum; such as…
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December 18, 2018
Should we really be using the term “Comfort care”?
Understanding what you mean by “provide comfort care” can be very challenging. We use the…
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December 11, 2018
Walking on Cobblestones: My visit to Hospice “Cesta domu”, Prague, Czech Republic
Walking on cobblestones in the old historic town of Prague is a question of mindfulness …
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December 4, 2018
Truth-telling
It is quite a coincidence that I am teaching an ethics module this week on…
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November 27, 2018
ICU: What is in a Name?
I was part of a team of palliative care providers that developed and later worked…
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November 20, 2018
Lyft to the Clinic
I always talk to my Lyft driver. Recently, I was attending a conference in another…
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November 13, 2018
Choices
The New York Times recently had a provocative essay about a man with progressive heart failure who made the choice to have a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) insertion, even though…
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