Blogs about: End Of Life Issues
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Dying Matters Week
A coalition of folks across the pond in the U.K. have organized Dying Matters Awareness Week, a discussion of living and dying that starts today. Their message on end-of-life issues: unless we change … more →
The Family Plot Blog: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die
Death and Defamation
wrote 1 week ago: Death and Defamation This previous week was Dying Matters Awareness Week. It was an amazing week fu … more →
Dying Matters Week
wrote 2 weeks ago: A coalition of folks across the pond in the U.K. have organized Dying Matters Awareness Week, a disc … more →
Will I Be Having Visitors For Memorial Day?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Over a week ago, I emailed my sister asking when she planned to visit dad. I reminded her that I ha … more →
A Nurses View on "Illinois Prolife" on Hospice Care.
wrote 3 weeks ago: The “Illinois Pro-Life – & Hospice BAIT AND SWITCH”. Article hits a nerve with … more →
Recommended Reading for Healthcare Decisions Day
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wrote 1 month ago: Studies indicate 73% of Americans would prefer to die at home, but up to 50% die in hospital setting … more →
Happy National Healthcare Decisions Day
wrote 1 month ago: Thinking about what would be important to you in a medical crisis and making your wishes known to lo … more →
Expiration Date Prompts Thoughtful Conversations
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wrote 1 month ago: “Expiration Date” is a play that explores end-of-life issues with both humor and tears. … more →
End of Life issues Ireland
wrote 2 months ago: End of Life issues are on the agenda in Ireland following the publication of the long awaited Advanc … more →
Doctors Die Differently
wrote 2 months ago: A number of columns and articles on how doctors approach end-of-life care for themselves have appear … more →
Planning ahead for Dad’s “Final Arrangements”
wrote 2 months ago: When dad went into the nursing home after his hospitalization last fall, I had lots of papers to fil … more →
Who is my Father’s Doctor? How Can I Get Information about his Condition?
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wrote 3 months ago: After mom’s hospitalization and death a year before, I thought I had learned how to proceed when a p … more →
Blind as well
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wrote 3 months ago: My mother is coming home from rehab this Sunday. She has been there since last November after an eme … more →
A Trip to the Emergency Room Leads to a Discussion of End-of-Life Decisions
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wrote 3 months ago: I have written about dad’s hospitalization before, in a sort of summarized version of 2 months worth … more →
Starvation
wrote 3 months ago: An empty glass tips over. Bed covers are straightened again. The cheap digital clock on the wall Ke … more →
Informed Consent Decisions in the Hospital -- How to Know When to Say "NO".
wrote 3 months ago: Mom had insisted on staying at an Assisted Living Facility (ALF) in the southern state near Dr. Sam, … more →
Guest Blogger: My Heart is Broken, What Now?
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wrote 3 months ago: I am excited to have my first guest blogger. Deborah Varnam is a Family Nurse Pracitioner and owner … more →
"How You Spend the Dash"
wrote 3 months ago: In my first post of the year I wrote: “Well it’s another New Year! Time just keeps on moving d … more →
My Faith: What people talk about before they die
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wrote 3 months ago: Reblogged from CNN Belief Blog: Editor’s Note: Kerry Egan is a hospice chaplain in Massachuset … more →
Is It Time For Hospice: Quality Living at The End Of Life
wrote 3 months ago: The word “hospice” is often associated with thoughts of hopelessness and helplessness. I … more →
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