April 2019

Who Benefits from the Emerging Field of Palliative Medicine? Everyone, eventually.

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The Latin root word for palliative is palliat, or “cloaked”, and palliation does in a sense cloak or mask a person’s pain. The five principles of Palliative Care are: Woody Allen once said: “I’m not afraid of dying, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” Many of us might echo that very …

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Creating a Hospice Mind Set: Beyond Morphine, Meds, and Views from Bed

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What does a hospice experience look like? Obviously, it is as unique as the patient and the circumstances of a family and as variable as the physical plant to which it is delivered. It is more than pain relief, symptom management, and the comfort measures it is designed to provide. Although most families will say …

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