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Care for patients at the end of life has long troubled American medicine, not only in its failure...
What is the purpose of Advance Care Planning? I have been taught to view the goal as helping...
One out of every four of us will die while residing in a nursing home. For most of us, that stay...
  The grieving process is incredibly important for anyone trying to cope with and understand...
I want to draw people's attention to a fantastic new piece in the New Yorker by Atul Gawande titled...
Enjoy this short video produced by the Hastings Center, featuring interviews with the 2010 Hastings...
In a recent story in the New York Times, Katy Butler described her parents' experiences with...
The Opposite of Love Posted: 17 May 2010 The Emergency Department phoned my office right before...
  The controversy behind end-of-life decisions is ever-present in our health system. Is it...
Dr. Milch is the inaugural winner of the Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Established Physician Award...