Family, Friends and Patients Area
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This area of the CDF website provides a multitude of palliative care and end-of-life resources for patients, caregivers and family members. If you have a story, letter or poem that you would like to share, please use the "submit content" link at the bottom of the left side bar.
Latest Content
About.com Pallliative Care Blog: Moments with Baxter: the Hospice Angel
The most recent (November 18) blog entry from Angela Morrow, RN about a hospice dog, Baxter, who...
Video: Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP and Geoffery P. Dunn, MD, FACS "How to Have the Hard Conversation"
This video is a short segment taken from the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation 2009 Symposium on the 'Art of...
Palliative Care Success Blog: Building a Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Medical Staff
Thursday October 29, 2009: A former colleague with many years of hospital executive...
Palliative Care Success Blog: "Future of Palliative Medicine Practices"
Thursday October 29, 2009: Will reform help or hinder the practice of Hospice and Palliative...
CancerDoc Blog: "Goodbye Mr. B"
This is a link to a blog entry by CancerDoc, "a budding oncologist trying to make sense of the...
Geripal Blog: "Hospice Upheaval"
Thursday November 19, 2009:
It never occurred to me until today that enrolling my patients in...
NPR Audio Podcast: End Of Life Care in America, A Doctor's Diagnosis
In this April 2nd, 2009 podcast on NPR's Fresh Air, author, Doctor and bioethicist, Robert...
Jewish Ritual, Reality and Response at the End of Life
This guide introduces Jewish beliefs and practices around illness, death and loss and provides...
Geripal November 6, 2009 Blog Post: $50,000 for your favorite Palliative Care Leader in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
Who can pass up the chance to give $50K to their favorite palliative care leader or organization if...
Hospice and Caregiving Blog: Veterans in Hospice Care
November 10, 2009: Hospices across the country care for terminally ill veterans during the...