"If this was a drug, this would be on the front page of every paper in the country."
Palliative care not only not only improves quality of life, but it also extends life. Liz Szabo in US Today provides a nice summary of the research: A study of 151 patients published last summer in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that getting early palliative care — in addition to regular medical treatment — helped people […]
Regrets of the dying…. your thoughts?
Bronnie Ware, a hospice palliative care nurse from Australia, shares what she has heard her patients say. According to an article in The Guardian “she recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, which gathered so much attention that she put her observations into a book called The Top Five Regrets of […]
Dying is hard. Even for Nelson Mandela.
Dying is hard. Even for Nelson Mandela. As I listen to the varied reports about Nelson Mandela’s declining health, I consider the challenges of dying with chronic illness. I consider the challenges of dying in a hospital setting. When people die with chronic illness, they may be on “death’s doorstep” several times before they actually […]
What does it take to work in hospice? And a new documentary…
Mark Forsythe host of CBC BC Almanac interviewed Peter Kirk this afternoon. Peter defined Palliative Care as a philosophy, and how that philosophy of care can be integrated in any setting. Peter responded to people who called in… and of course, I had to add my piece. My goal in calling was to highlight what […]
