I had to be there for this patient ’s last breath
It’s the winter of 1993. A cold, snowy day. Windy. A blizzard. The phone rings. I’m not on call for my patients today — except for one. Daisy has been in my care since the early 1970s, and given the risk that she may suffer a serious downturn, I’ve instructed her nursing home to call […]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 - January 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/joseph-fennelly" rel="tag" > Joseph Fennelly, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
What is Intensive Care really?
Dr Oliver Flower What is Intensive Care really?
Knowing how to manage dying is just as important as preventing it. - Alex Psirides (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 7, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Oliver Flower Tags: Clinical Crit Care Intensive Care SMACC19 Alex Psirides End of life end of life care ethics palliative care Source Type: blogs
Data mining, artificial intelligence, and angels of death
Google is universally well known as a search and advertising company. Now Google is tapping into the $3.5 trillion health care market. To compete with the Apple Watch, Google acquired Fitbit, the wearable exercise, heart rate and sleep tracking device. Data is king. Voluntarily worn fitness tracking devices are one thing, but Google has entered […]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 - December 24, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marilyn-m-singleton" rel="tag" > Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
Is Medical Aid in Dying a Human Right? Another View
An essay for Bioethics Forum earlier this month concludes that medical aid in dying is not a human right. But we should have a right to decide what suffering we are willing to endure and receive medical assistance necessary to avoid the suffering we want to avoid.
The post Is Medical Aid in Dying a Human Right? Another View appeared first on The Hastings Center. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 19, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Health Care end of life Hastings Bioethics Forum hospice human rights medical aid in dying palliative care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Religion and Medical Ethics: Palliative Care and the Mental Health of the Elderly
Today is the second day of a conference in Rome by the Pontifical Academy for Life and the World Innovation Summit for Health: "Religion and Medical Ethics: Palliative Care and the Mental Health of the Elderly."
The symposium examines the role that re... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - December 12, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
