Medical Ethics and Me: In Twitter dialogues about end of life care and other areas of medical ethics, I tend to eavesdrop, rather than participate. There are quite a lot of such dialogues and they…
Medical Ethics and Me: In Twitter dialogues about end of life care and other areas of medical ethics, I tend to eavesdrop, rather than participate. There are quite a lot of such dialogues and they…
RLTV (NextAvenue): Among the many several shocking discoveries was that my very cautious and strategic father didn’t carry life insurance (well, a $5,000 plan from IBM, which basically covered the burial). Nor had he expressed any…
Covering Health (AHCJ Blog): It’s one of the certainties of life: everyone’s going to die. And most of us also will deal with the deaths of a family member or loved one. Writing about death,…
Forbes.com: Think about your medical decision making process – if you know you will be a high healthcare user, make it a priority to work longer and save more to prepare for those healthcare costs….
Everyday Health: Jessica McCannon, MD, a pulmonary critical care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, says there are ways to improve the health care system’s ability to help a patient plan for his or her death…
U.S. News & World Report: Ellen Goodman won the Pulitzer Prize for her thoughtful Boston Globe columns. Now retired from that job but busier than ever, Goodman publicly laments that she won no prizes for…