October 22, 2019
Practice Makes…Better
While rounding in the hospital, I met Joel. Joel had a complicated illness that required…
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October 15, 2019
What’s taking so long?
Jennifer Temel’s article in the NEJM was published 9 years ago and has now been…
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October 8, 2019
Staying at Home
Why do people who are enrolled in home hospice go to the Emergency Room or…
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October 1, 2019
Over a Few Beers
Ms. Griffiths was the doyen of her local Methodist Church. Always a smile, a compliment,…
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September 24, 2019
House of God is Forty Years Old
Have you read Sam Shem’s The House of God? I am not sure I would…
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September 17, 2019
CU to Offer Innovative Palliative and Hospice Fellowship Training Program
AURORA, Colo. (September 16, 2019) – The University of Colorado School of Medicine has been…
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September 10, 2019
So I Will Get the Shot, Right?
I was asked to visit Roger. He was in the hospital, again, and this time…
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September 3, 2019
End-of-Rotation Palliative Care Reflection
I am extremely grateful that I chose to do the Hospice/Palliative Care rotation. Throughout this…
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August 27, 2019
Broken Hearts
I remember the young woman, Ella, getting ready to graduate from High School, but now…
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August 20, 2019
Another Bite at the Apple
I just heard that a dear friend was diagnosed with cancer. We had dinner together…
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