Description: It feels like every passing day brings with it more news of an aggressive campaign to reign in the cost of Medicare hospice spending. For instance, federal government investigations of hospices that enroll patients who live longer than 6 months have resulted in the death of one of the most important organizations in our
Description: Thursday November 19, 2009: It never occurred to me until today that enrolling my patients in hospice could cause them harm and distress. What unfolded is what happens all the time but which I hadn't recognized could have such a negative effect. My patient had been receiving home health through one agency for chronic
Synopsis: Visiting children and their families in the hospital, Clown Care founder Michael Christensen has learned to focus on "what's going right" in the room. Speaking at the first Gel Health conference, Christensen describes how his clown rounds got started, and finishes with an on-stage performance as Dr. Stubs. Source: GEL (Good Experience Live) Health
Description: Enjoy this short video produced by the Hastings Center, featuring interviews with the 2010 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician awardees and information on this years nominations. We are excited for our second year of prizes! Link: Visit Site Media Provided By: The Hastings Center Video: Sorry, you need to install flash to see this content.
Description: This is a link to a blog entry by CancerDoc, "a budding oncologist trying to make sense of the world." It is a brutally honest post about an experience CancerDoc had watching a patient die in front of his daughter. It's a bit gruesome, but is incredibly compelling. It is an example of a
Synopsis: Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone... Link to Full Poem Source: Selected poems by W.H Auden Vol/Page/Date: 1989 Resource Type: Book Author/Source: W. H. Auden keywords: poetry, death, W.H Auden Submitter: Peters Related Resources: Excerpt from "In Blackwater Woods"; a poem by
Description: I want to draw people's attention to a fantastic new piece in the New Yorker by Atul Gawande titled, "Letting Go: What should medicine do when it can't save your life?" The stories told are raw and emotional, and offer glimpses into the struggles of patients with life-threatening illnesses, family caregivers, nurses, and physicians.
Description: Thursday October 29, 2009: Will reform help or hinder the practice of Hospice and Palliative Medicine(HPM)? Help, if HPM physicians reconfigure themselves into "sought-after practices". The reconfiguration must be willful and carefully planned, and in advance of implementation of national health reform. In other words, bets must be placed now that the health care
Synopsis: In a dream I meet my dead friend. He has, I know, gone long and far... Link to Full Poem Source: Poem from "A Part" Vol/Page/Date: 1980 Resource Type: Book Author/Source: Wendell Berry keywords: poetry, wendell berry, death, friend Submitter: Peters Related Resources: Excerpt from "In Blackwater Woods"; a poem by Mary Oliver Two
Description: The grieving process is incredibly important for anyone trying to cope with and understand loss. This song, by Peter Gabriel, was written after his father died and is a very moving piece of art. Perhaps this kind of art that others have shared during their grieving process can only help us express our
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