Advance Directives/Care Planning: Clear, Simple, and Wrong
Sean Morrison wrote a provocative article this summer in the Journal of Palliative Medicine titled "Advance Directives / Care Planning: Clear, Simple, and Wrong." One key line challenges long held tenets in bioethics, palliative care, and medicine... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 7, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Physician Attitudes to Voluntary Assisted Dying: A Scoping Review
Jodhi Rutherford, Lindy Willmott (Queensland University of Technology), Ben White (Queensland University of Technology), Physician Attitudes to Voluntary Assisted Dying: A Scoping Review, BMJ Supportive& Palliative Care (2020): Background: Voluntary assisted dying became legal in the Australian state of... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - September 4, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Book Review: " From Here To Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death " by Caitlin Doughty
by Jared Rubenstein (@DrJRubenstein)Caitlin Doughty is a mortician, funeral home owner, author, and activist who strives to instill more death positivity into our classically death-avoidant culture. Through her writing, websitecaitlindoughty.com,podcast andnumerous YouTube videos she utilizes her signature voice and style to both educate and entertain. In her book,From Here To Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death, Ms. Doughty treats the author to a whirlwind tour of different cultural practices around death throughout the world. In equal parts travelogue and ethnography, the reader gets to experience eight ...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - August 31, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Tags: book review Source Type: blogs
When the best care is a comfortable death
I am no stranger to death. I have gently closed the eyelids of a woman dying from liver disease, blasted Led Zeppelin by request during a man’s last breath, and exchanged dog photos with an elderly gentleman on his final day. Although I cared for these patients deeply, our relationships were defined by illness. Ms. […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 26, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jessica-lu" rel="tag" > Jessica Lu, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
Let ’s talk about dying
Every time I visit my great grandmother, Tata, Atul Gawande ’s Being Mortal floods my thoughts. Tata is 101 and developed severe dementia within the past two years. In 2019, she fell and fractured her hip. In the hospital, she recovered poorly. The physicians on her team offered hospice. My grandfather (her only son), declined fervently. […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 23, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/jennifer-li" rel="tag" > Jennifer Li < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Neurology Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing end-of-life care. We ’re not ready.
The last thing Jessica said to John, her fianc é of 10 years, was, “I love you” before he drove to work. Hours later, after suddenly experiencing a cardiac arrest at the office, he was in an ICU bed attached to a ventilator. He was pale and unresponsive, on multiple medications to artificially augment his blood […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 18, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/lochan-shah" rel="tag" > Lochan Shah, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
A physician ’s work is hard. And it is sacred.
In today’s increasingly technological, data-driven, depersonalized world of health care, I wonder if the concept of “a good death” is even possible. The COVID-19 pandemic, in particular, has caused me to reflect on this. What does it look like? How do you define it? As I did, a patient came to mind. He was a […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 17, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/andy-lamb" rel="tag" > Andy Lamb, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
Palliative care during the pandemic [PODCAST]
“We are health care workers. We are doctors, advanced care practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and so much more. We are on the frontlines. We are our parents ’ children, and we are parents to our young children. For the first time, we are at an extremely high risk of being quarantined by the same beast […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
Practice empathy and compassion for the critically ill and dying [PODCAST]
“It seems as though the looming reality for many of us is that we will have patients who need ventilators, and none will be available. It seems like we might benefit from remembering that we can still succeed in practicing medicine by being present with those suffering before us, even when we know we cannot […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 1, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Palliative Care Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Compelling Ethical Challenges in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
This new book addresses the ethical problems that physicians have to face every day while caring for critically ill patients. Improved treatments in emergency and critical care, have resulted in more patients surviving with reduced quality of life. This entails trade-offs for many patients, their families, and the teams caring for them. In 16 chapters experts in their respective fields describe compelling ethical challenges resulting from these discrepancies and discuss potential solutions.How Ethics Can Support Clinicians Caring for Critically Ill Patients
Patients and Teams Caring for Them: Parallels Between Critical Car...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 31, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
I challenge you to discuss death
My medical school ’s secondary application, like that of many other medical schools, asked me to describe a personal or professional challenge or conflict and to explain how I worked to resolve it. However, unlike other medical schools, my school specified that they did not want to hear about the MCAT or another ac ademic challenge. For […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 30, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/emily-s-hagen" rel="tag" > Emily S. Hagen < /a > < /span > Tags: Education Medical school Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
Medical Aid in Dying for Alzheimer ’ s? Unlikely, Try SED by AD Instead
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 20, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
New Horizon in Palliative Care: Psilocybin Therapy for Relief of Anxiety and Depression
This event "New Horizon in Palliative Care: Psilocybin Therapy for Relief of Anxiety and Depression" will stream on July 23, 2020. See also here. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 14, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
New Horizon in Palliative Care: Psilocybin Therapy for Relief of Anxiety and Depression
This event "New Horizon in Palliative Care: Psilocybin Therapy for Relief of Anxiety and Depression" will stream on July 22, 2020. See also here. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 14, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Prioritizing in Palliative Medicine: Why Quality of Life Suffers with Racism
by Michelle Christopher and Sonia Malhotra (@SoniaMKhunkhun)The silence was palpable. Two of us continued to speak about our concerns about the way Black lives were treated and how important it was to address these concerns among us for the betterment of our patients. If we couldn ’t understand this among colleagues, how would we ever understand what our patients, a predominantly Black population at a safety net hospital, went through?- - - - - - - - - - - - -As the COVID pandemic started and we saw the first surge of patients flood our hospitals, we watched our patients, colleagues and broader community come together to...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - July 13, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Tags: christopher malhotra race The profession Source Type: blogs
