February 19, 2019
Palliative Care and Guns
I had visited Mr. Williams several times over the last few months. In his early…
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February 12, 2019
“It’s Just a Business”
“It’s not personal. It’s just business.” Is healthcare a business? Should it be a business? …
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February 5, 2019
Instructions for Living a Life: A Tribute to Mary Oliver
Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. This stanza from…
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January 29, 2019
Making Meaning
Victor Frankel’s book Man’s Search for Meaning outlines his experiences in the holocaust, the loss of his family and all that was precious to him, and his continued search and…
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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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