June 29, 2020
It’s Time for an End-of-Life Discussion About Nursing Homes
https://www.wired.com/story/its-time-for-an-end-of-life-discussion-about-nursing-homes/With residents and staff dying by the tens of thousands, the very future of long-term care should be in question.
June 29, 2020
Dal Health researcher championing LGBTQ+ health equity
https://www.dal.ca/faculty/health/news-events/news/2020/06/25/dal_health_researcher_championing_lgbtq__health_equity.html“The hateful, visceral reaction to gay people comes from a place of misinformation. Health equity is a way of correcting that information, getting people facts,” Dr. […]
June 29, 2020
The burden of diagnostic investigations at the end of life for people with COPD
https://www.mdlinx.com/journal-summary/the-burden-of-diagnostic-investigations-at-the-end-of-life-for-people-with-copd/5GKKetFEGh9Ck9i6vfNcw6This study was undertaken to evaluate the use of diagnostic testing in a cohort of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who died in the […]
June 22, 2020
Reconceptualizing ACP from the patient’s perspective
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9570174/To examine the traditional academic assumptions by exploring ACP from the perspective of patients actively participating in the planning process.