MD Anderson Cancer Center has changed its branding to scratch the word Cancer out of their name. I don’t begrudge them. They have done amazing work as have many others…
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Carlson’s recent essay in JAMA, “You Did Not Teach Me What You Thought You Did”, reminded me of all the times my words and actions had unintended consequences. I had…
I was able to visit Cuba just after this country opened its borders to the United States in 2016. I remember being so excited about not the typical things many…
While rounding in the hospital, I met Joel. Joel had a complicated illness that required a prolonged period of time on mechanical ventilation which had led to him living with…
Jennifer Temel’s article in the NEJM was published 9 years ago and has now been cited in over 5000 subsequent articles. Temel and colleagues reported the findings of their rather…
Why do people who are enrolled in home hospice go to the Emergency Room or hospital? This is a question that I have thought about for a long time. Home…
Have you read Sam Shem’s The House of God? I am not sure I would recommend it but…. you should know about this book. Many hospitals were started by and…
AURORA, Colo. (September 16, 2019) – The University of Colorado School of Medicine has been approved to begin offering a first-in-the-nation non-residential fellowship program as a way to meet the…
I was asked to visit Roger. He was in the hospital, again, and this time there was clear evidence that the colon cancer that had been resected the year before…
I am extremely grateful that I chose to do the Hospice/Palliative Care rotation. Throughout this month, I have learned much more than I anticipated, and it definitely wasn’t all about…