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July 15, 2019
Palliative care for persons with Parkinson’s disease: a qualitative study on the experiences of health care professionals
https://bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12904-019-0441-6The aim of this study was to examine health care professionals’ experiences of potential barriers and facilitators in providing palliative care for people with PD in […]
July 15, 2019
Transitions LifeCare simulator shows caregivers what the end of life feels like
https://abc11.com/health/raleigh-hospice-center-shows-caregivers-what-end-of-life-feels-life/5387228/Empathy training gives caregivers a view of what it’s like to be a patient in assisted living.
July 15, 2019
‘The Farewell’ highlights tough conversations families face when confronted with death
https://theconversation.com/the-farewell-highlights-tough-conversations-families-face-when-confronted-with-death-119372When it comes to a terminal diagnosis, how can families talk about the unthinkable?
July 8, 2019
Why Is It Just So Hard? Making Sense of End-of-Life Communication Between Adult Children and Their Terminally Ill Parental Figures
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0030222819859163The aging population in the United States is predicted to become one fifth of the population by 2050. With that increase, more individuals in the country […]
July 8, 2019
Oregon doctor with grim diagnosis is sharing a final message about how physicians break bad news
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/never-say-die-why-so-many-doctors-wont-break-bad-news/PORTLAND — After nearly 40 years as an internist, Dr. Ron Naito knew what the sky-high results of his blood test meant. And it wasn’t good.
July 8, 2019
Who makes decisions for incapacitated patients who have no surrogate or advance directive?
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/who-makes-decisions-incapacitated-patients-who-have-no-surrogate-or-advance-directive/2019-07Unrepresented patients are those who have no surrogate or advance directive to guide medical decision making for them when they become incapacitated. While there is no […]