Palliative Medicine

House calls, homebodies: Remembering that you came

June 16, 2010

The comfort of a clinician's home visit is immeasurable to patients who wish to live their last days in their own home.
 

Charlotte's Web: Lessons learned from a pig and a spider

April 07, 2010

Skilled communication is especially critical during conversations with children and their families about life-threatening and terminal conditions. How can E.B. White's classic children tale make you a better communicator?
 

Carcinoma of unknown primary: Searching for the origin of metastases

Heather R. Carlson, MSPAP, PA-C August 03, 2009

Diagnostic tests and select imaging studies can help identify the potential, and often elusive, primary tumor.
 

Improving care of the dying: What do the experts say?

, Joan Malespina, PA-C, MS November 01, 2007

This article reviews nine key points that experts at an NIH conference said characterize the challenges associated with improving end-of-life care.
 

Apologizing for adverse outcomes

GARC September 01, 2007

The Institute of Medicine has have focused public attention on a serious problem in this country— the prevalence of medical errors as a leading cause of death.
 

Nancy and the KIDney Quilt

October 01, 2005

Nancy was dying. Her body had been failing her in one way or another for many years.
 

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