Memorial Day
May 31, 2012 | 
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.......the song was inspired by The Book of Ecclesiastes.
...A time to die...
We seem to have forgotten. Read the rest of this entry »
Memorial Day: Flowers from yesteryears
A woman from the American Legion was sitting in front of the post office selling tissue paper flowers.
I placed a donation in the box and picked a flower. Read the rest of this entry »
Postcard: There’s Always a Hospice Connection
It’s like that in hospice and palliative medicine, isn’t it? Wherever you go, there’s such a sense of community. There’s always a hospice connection. We find inspiration in the stories we hear in those chance encounters on an airplane or, in my case, a London subway station. Read the rest of this entry »
Reminder to Self
I’ve been thinking a lot about advance-care planning lately. (For the last few years, truth be told.)This isn’t just advice for Everyone Else. It applies to me, too.
It’s not that I’m unwilling to think about something happening to me. In fact, I worry more about my wife in a situation like that. If something happens to me, she wouldn’t have my written wishes to follow. To say she would agonize would be an understatement. Read the rest of this entry »
JPM Honors All Mothers Worldwide: Happy Mother’s Day
The unconditional love and compassion that is the cardinal aspect of a Mother's expression of her caring is also a key premise of palliative care. We take the opportunity today to thank all mothers worldwide for teaching us the caring and compassion we show all our patients and families. Read the rest of this entry »
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Advancing by Example
This week we challenge those providers/those providers that you work alongside to consider how encouraging clients to complete Advance Directives would be different if you had this personal experience. Would you be more likely to discuss this option if you too experienced the emotions attached to thinking of your final days? Read the rest of this entry »
Importance of Communication in the ICU
When my father was in the ICU three years ago, I was uninformed about survival chances with CPR. I was thankful for the ICU physician who reached out to me and explained what CPR entailed and that, for my father, CPR would not improve his chances of survival. Read the rest of this entry »
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