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…
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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…
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…
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…
Jessica Zitter has gotten to be one of my favorite end-of-life writers. Watch her great video called “Extreme Measures”! She also writes some New York Times essays that I use…
Dax Cowart died last month at the age of 71. Wow. This is the end of a life that has challenged so many of us in bioethics. His legacy is…
This is the final part in a 5 part series “I am a palliative care social worker….” I am a palliative care social worker who believes intrinsically that there are…
This is part 3 in the series “I am a palliative care social worker….” After we opted against surgery, they very reasonably moved mom from the ICU to receive “comfort…