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Unexpected results of my "End of Life" class2 comments

sterlingmf wrote 5 days ago: So, I’m taking this class called “Nursing Care at the End of Life” and our assignm … more →

Tags: Families, End of Life Care, funeral plans

"Just in time" detection of breast cancer

Dr P wrote 2 weeks ago: Sir Patrick. I know your Cutler Walpoles and their like. Theyve found out that a man’s body … more →

Tags: health care policy, Prevention, Family Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine

Engage with Grace 2009

mcdoc wrote 3 weeks ago: Some conversations are easier than others. Last year during Thanksgiving weekend, many bloggers part … more →

Tags: Medical Humanities, doctor patient, end of life, Hospice, palliative care, Health care proxy, full code, DNR, DNI

Is There a "Time To Die"?2 comments

sterlingmf wrote 1 month ago: I’m taking a class right now called “Nursing Care at the End of Life”. It’s … more →

Tags: palliative care, Hospice, Dying

Brett Favre, Advance Directives & Me4 comments

shessel wrote 1 month ago: Here’s to you, Andy, my brother who would never have thought his little sister would be writing abou … more →

Tags: breast cancer, Humor, Advance Directives, Brett Favre, Cancer, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, PBS Now program

NavGate® Technologies’ COOL™ site Wins Award in 2009 New Product & Technology Awards Program

navgate wrote 3 months ago: NavGate® Technologies was a top winner in the 2009 New Product & Technology Awards.  The program … more →

Tags: Business, Long Term Care Planning, Living Wills, Wellness

Mr. DeMille would look good in pink1 comment

shessel wrote 3 months ago: JABOBs for Sue team: note pink clown noses Saturday I was part of a movement – 4,000+ plus strong wh … more →

Tags: Humor, breast cancer, Women's Health, Coping, Cancer, PBS Now program

The life panel & me4 comments

shessel wrote 3 months ago: Back in 1979, my mother told me she had appointed me and my brother, Andy, as her agents for healthc … more →

Tags: Humor, breast cancer, Women's Health, Coping, Cancer, Women's Issues, Advance Directives

Swearing and walking at the same time - but no gum

shessel wrote 3 months ago: Health Savings Account I didn’t get in trouble too much as a kid, except for the time that my friend … more →

Tags: Humor, breast cancer, Women's Health, Coping

Blanche & Me1 comment

shessel wrote 3 months ago: Any similarity between Blanche Dubois and me is greatly exaggerated. I am no Blanche DuBois, the fad … more →

Tags: Humor, breast cancer, Women's Health, Coping, Women's Issues, cancer support

No stinkin’ humanity will get between me and my insurance company7 comments

shessel wrote 3 months ago: So on and around the date of my discharge from the hospital after my mastectomy surgery for what tur … more →

Tags: Humor, breast cancer, Women's Health, Coping, Cancer, Women's Issues, Insurance Reform

Am I my brother's keeper?

Dr P wrote 3 months ago: It was my hope that by this time we would have help from the feds to enhance primary care training, … more →

Tags: Professionalism, health care policy, End of Life Care, Ezekiel Emanue, Ezekiel Emanuel

Debbie, Shirley, Pollyanna & Me2 comments

shessel wrote 3 months ago: Debbie, Shirley, Pollyanna & Me This post includes not one but four iconic figures: Debbie Downe … more →

Tags: Humor, breast cancer, Women's Health, Coping, Cancer, Women's Issues, cancer support, Cancer treatment complications

Death Book, Tammy Duckworth Fighting in Vain Against a Well-Oiled Propaganda Machine1 comment

wok3 wrote 3 months ago: Jeebus H. Christo, how stupid is this newscaster?  It doesn’t seem to matter how many times, a … more →

Tags: Politics, death of a republic, News, Tammy Duckworth, Fixed News, chris wallace should get an MRI

Being a good doctor or cooperating with Obama's agenda of death?

Dr P wrote 3 months ago: As an academic physician, I only spend about 10 hours a week in direct patient care without resident … more →

Tags: Payment, health care policy, medical ethics, End of Life Care, NCQA, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, obama, Death committee

Patient Counseling, End of Life Care, Medical Communications: When Delivering Bad News, Speak Carefully2 comments

creaky wrote 7 months ago: ” The life of a sick person can be shortened not only by the acts, but also by the words or th … more →

Tags: News & Medical News, Educational sites, Consumer/Patient Health, Teaching-and-Learning in Medicine, Patient Counseling, End of Life Care, palliative care, Palliative Medicine, Death and dying

Medical Library

Nancy Sajben MD wrote 7 months ago: Desert Fairy Duster This Medical Library may be helpful to you, allowing you to search for the expla … more →

Tags: vitamins herbs, epidural injections, Nerve blocks, Procedures, Medications, Medical Conditions, Tests, DNR, Caregiving

The Only Things Certain Are Death And Taxes

the Health Advocate wrote 8 months ago: Absolutely no one likes to think about sustaining a life-threatening injury or catostrophic illness. … more →

Tags: the question of ethics, "featured Health Observance", advanced medical planning, Living Will, Power of Attorney

No Starving People to Death

frmarkdwhite wrote 10 months ago: Can you be dead before you die? Twenty hours before my father died, the doctor came to us and recomm … more →

Tags: Morals/Decision-Making, Pro-Life, medical ethics, Nutrition, Hydration, persistent vegetative state, Tube feeding, Ethics and Medics, Stephen Napier


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