As medical professionals, few challenges rival delivering serious news to patients, especially when we lack straightforward solutions. We must delicately balance honesty with empathy. Too much blunt truth risks appearing callous; too much gentle reassurance…
10 Themes to Spark Meaningful Conversations: A Curated Guide from The Conversation Project
The ethical considerations around care decisions through the end of life are not always clear-cut, especially in cases where medical and religious-cultural perspectives collide. For example, it was recently reported that Pope Francis’s medical…
Decisions about care through the end of life are deeply influenced by cultural and religious traditions, shaping how families navigate grief and honor their loved ones. When my uncle recently passed away, my family instinctively…
National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), celebrated every year on April 16th and across the month of April, encourages people to begin or continue conversations about their wishes for care through the end of life. This…
As a parent, you understand that there will be times when you need to have tough conversations with your kids. When my first daughter, Yasmeen, was born, I had a good idea of what these…
