JAMA- My mother in law, Bonnie, stopped eating just after her 88th birthday. A Christian Scientist, she had only seen a physician a few times in her entire life. Bonnie never talked about death because…
JAMA- My mother in law, Bonnie, stopped eating just after her 88th birthday. A Christian Scientist, she had only seen a physician a few times in her entire life. Bonnie never talked about death because…
Pulse- “Did you sell the business yet?” I marvel at my patient Jack: despite his breathlessness, he’s somehow managed to greet his wife Sara with a complete sentence. Given his condition, it’s truly amazing. Most of…
Woman’s Day- Ellen Goodman and The Conversation Project were featured in Woman’s Day magazine. Ellen tells the story of her mother’s death and the importance of The Conversation Project in preventing people from suffering a…
Palliative in Practice-Ten years ago there were few palliative care teams in hospitals, but today more than 63 percent of hospitals with 50 beds or more provide palliative care. Systems and structures for quality care…
Of all the hard memories from my mother’s long, slow decline, this is the one that rises repeatedly to the surface of my mind. I was sitting at the office writing my column, on a…
Read the findings of the first ever national survey on end-of-life conversations. TCP Survey Release_FINAL 9 18 13