Category: Medical Care
Nurse’s gut-wrenching post on dying patient goes viral: ‘I kept telling you how sorry I was’
Courtesy of AOL.com | by Justin Chan |Originally Posted 12.27.2019 | Posted 01.13.2020 An Indiana nurse wrote a Facebook post that … More
Opinion: Let Dying People End Their Suffering
Courtesy of The New York Times.com | By Diane Rehm | Illustration by Hokyoung Kim | Originally Published 06.08.2018 | … More
Dr. Death and The Humorist – Episode 6: What Are Advanced Directives
How One Woman Changed The Way People Die In Mongolia
Courtesy of NPR.org | By Rae Ellen Bichell | Illustration by Angie Wang | Originally Published 11.05.2015 | Posted 01.26.2018 … More
What Really Matters at End of Life
Courtesy of TED.com | By BJ Miller | Filmed 03.2015 | Published 09.06.2017
Understanding Death and Dying
How we die is a profoundly personal journey. This section aims to help you understand what may happen as death approaches, the practical things you may need to think about when caring for a dying person, and how a death can affect family relationships.
How to Recognize and Treat Breakthrough Pain (BTP)
Breakthrough pain (BTP) is the pain that occurs between regularly scheduled doses of pain medication. It is a distressing symptom requiring prompt treatment.
Half a million chat about end-of-life plans on Medicare’s dime, and why that’s a good thing
The 90-year-old woman in the San Diego-area nursing home was quite clear. She didn’t want aggressive measures to prolong her life. If her heart stopped, she didn’t want CPR.
But when Steinberg, a palliative care physician, relayed those wishes to the woman’s daughter, the younger woman would have none of it.
“She said, ‘I don’t agree with that. My mom is confused,’” Steinberg recalled. “I said, ‘Let’s talk about it.’”
Hospice Care
Courtesy of JAMA | by Janet M. Torpy, MD; Alison Burke, MA; Robert M. Golub, MD | Posted 07.11.2012 | Published 08.13.2017 … More
Dying & Death Talk 