Well-known doctor and author Atul Gawande has written an important article in this month’s The New Yorker entitled “Letting Go.” It raises important issues regarding end-of-life care and decisions ...
Primary care professionals should play a proactive role in caring for patients at the end of life, according to family medicine specialists at the National Congress of the Spanish Society of Family ...
Rutgers University: As a Death Doula, Rutgers Graduate Student Brings Peace to End-of-Life Care
As a Death Doula, Rutgers Graduate Student Brings Peace to End-of-Life Care
Experts discuss how better hospice and home care reimbursement can help patients receive compassionate end-of-life care at home. Maureen Canavan and Dr. Kerin Adelson, healthcare executive, chief ...
Source: Getty Images Quality communication about end-of-life care ensures that medical treatments or interventions align with patients’ values and preferences. It’s not uncommon to be uncomfortable ...
AOL: End of life care for patients must improve, doctors group says
Doctors are calling for a public campaign on end-of-life care and a national strategy on how such care for dying people can be delivered. It comes amid a warning that too often this phase of someone’s ...
MarketWatch on MSN: Medicare is getting a bad deal on end-of-life care — and it’s giving us one in return
Medicare doesn’t pay for custodial care. That makes end-of-life decisions even harder for families.
Medicare is getting a bad deal on end-of-life care — and it’s giving us one in return
OPB: End-of-life care often missing in curriculum of US medical schools, Washington State University study reveals
End-of-life care often missing in curriculum of US medical schools, Washington State University study reveals