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…
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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…
Ms. Griffiths was the doyen of her local Methodist Church. Always a smile, a compliment, asking after family, a basket with freshly baked bread. Today I hardly recognized her. Her…
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 remember the young woman, Ella, getting ready to graduate from High School, but now lying in a hospital bed. Her Dad was with her, but no Mom? I don’t…
I just heard that a dear friend was diagnosed with cancer. We had dinner together less than 2 months ago and now he was in the hospital, having surgery followed…
Last week another person with chronic Hepatitis C and hepatocellular carcinoma was seen by the Palliative Care team. There was a lot of discussion of new treatments, such as tumor…
As a healthcare provider I am asked to weigh in on pain management by both patients and family members. Usually it is to treat a bad sprain or other recreational…