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Lack of Effect of a Multicomponent Palliative Care Program for Nursing Home Residents on Hospital Use in the Last Month of Life and on Place of Death: A Secondary Analysis of a Multi-country Cluster Randomized Control Trial
My summer reading list includes a few books to help me improve communication skills, both professionally and personally. I just finished absorbing the wisdom in a 2023 book by David Brooks (of the New York Times): How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Random House 2023).
On a cold Saturday in winter, members of our palliative care team (some with children) stood in a circle surrounded by bare branched oak trees and participated in a wellbeing experience at the Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG). Tuning in to the cold air on our skin, the rattling of the oak
It is with great honor that I share the winners of the 2023 CU Anschutz GIM Excellence Award winners. Each of the team members have been dedicated to the field of palliative care, and I am so fortunate to call these folks coworkers and friends.
Recently our leadership team here at MSPC started reading a book called “Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet” by Joan Halifax. What moved me immediately is Joan’s ability to bring to light the palliative care principles that initially pulled us toward palliative care and sustain our practice.
During PALC 6120, we are asked to create a reflective project that represents something meaningful during our master's degree and as we delve into our work and experience with those facing chronic serious illness, dying or death.
Working in palliative care, we are asked to know who the person is, not just about how the illness is presenting in the individual in front of us. Illness reshapes the person and often their loved ones as well. Concepts such as identity, self-worth,
I recently attended a neurology lunch and learn at the CU School of Medicine and listened to Dr. Robert Halloway Jr. talk about his insights about palliative care, philosophy and death.
The past nine months I have been in a small group through my church that meets bi-monthly. We explore our faith, theology, spiritual practice and concepts like forgiveness and wholeness .
I had purchased “Dreams of My Father” when it first came out, but it disappeared in my embarrassingly large stash of “to read” books in my office. During a deep clean, I discovered the book and read it in a few days.
Now that Amos is retired, he has been able to explore the breathtaking US scenery.
Thank you, Carey, for writing this piece. I can feel my own “globus” about my own “half-in, half-out” life and existence return when I read your thoughts and feelings.
For my capstone project, I’m doing a literature review of psilocybin’s use in palliative care.
I have been in palliative care (PC) since my graduation from the nursing school and it has been fourteen years into my career and I learned that the true definition of PC is love.
Dimple Dhabalia spent decades traveling the world helping others. In the direst situations, she listened intently to the stories of refugees and made decisions about whether they were approved for asylum in the United States. Her avocation is her passion; it also nearly killed her.
I was staring out the window on a cool autumn morning, when I noticed a tree bathing in the sun, its leaves a perfect mix of gold and yellow, sparkling, glowing. A fleeting moment of beauty.
In palliative care, a good conversation can be life-changing. As healthcare providers, we generally tend to focus on the clinical aspects of care.
On November 7th, 2023 I received a call from my dad. I had not heard from my dad in 15 years.
My interest in palliative care started with my grandma’s use of hospice services seventeen years ago. She suffered with multiple sclerosis for over forty years.
One of the first take aways from this journey, for me, in a mid-career directional change from emergency medicine to palliative care was a move away from the golden rule and towards the platinum rule. Treat patients the way they want to be treated, not the way we want to be treated.
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