Modern Healthcare — Providers have flooded the CMS with praise for its plan to pay physicians for end-of-life conversations and planning. But many say the proposal should go further. The proposed policy was outlined amid…
Modern Healthcare — Providers have flooded the CMS with praise for its plan to pay physicians for end-of-life conversations and planning. But many say the proposal should go further. The proposed policy was outlined amid…
Health Affairs — The news wasn’t good. The choice was either dialysis or die in three months. At the age of eighty-seven, Dad was part of the ever-dwindling “greatest generation” of men and women who…
We are excited to announce that Kate DeBartolo, National Field Manager for The Conversation Project, is meeting with health care leaders in Salt Lake City to bring The Conversation Project to Utah. A special thanks…
In this brand new TCP video, hear from Reverend Rosemary Lloyd about Conversation Sabbath, a nationwide celebration where clergy will commit to preaching or teaching on the vital importance of having The Conversation. https://youtu.be/TACUT8Gf8JY …
Reuters Health – In less than 20 percent of family meetings in the intensive care unit do doctors and other health care providers discuss religion or spirituality a new study finds. For many patients and…
Forbes — There are two major contemporary issues around how care is provided at the end of life. First, there is the very real sense that patients often receive more care and more intensive care…