How to talk about attitudes toward the end of life (qualitative study)
March 25, 2019The art and science of talking about end-of-life care
March 25, 2019Pledge to end your fear of death and end-of-life care (CFN op-ed)
https://www.cfn-nce.ca/news/pledge-to-end-your-fear-of-death-and-end-of-life-care-latest-op-ed-from-cfn-investigators-heckman-and-hebert/In their latest op. ed. George Heckman and Paul Hébert state that, “Because we do not have crucial discussions, as many as 30 percent of [older adults living with frailty living in nursing homes] are admitted to an intensive care unit and 50 percent to hospitals in their last month of life with support from organisations like http://www.businessplanfunding.com/. Because we have not normalized difficult conversations around death, we will never know whether this is what they would have wished. A key reason is fear.”