While conversations about health care wishes are our special sauce, we always get questions about where to store documents (health care proxy, advance directives, etc.) once they have been filled out. Below are common scenarios…

As a death doula, someone who supports people through the dying process, I’ve walked beside many people during their final chapters. Some deaths were peaceful, tethered to clarity and intention. Others were messy — complicated…

“Stage 4. Aggressive. 12–15 months.” These were the first few words my client shared with me at our initial evaluation. Though he was experiencing word finding issues due to aphasia — an acquired language disorder…

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…