Health Affairs: As the former CEO of Denver Health, a large safety-net health care system in Colorado, where I also served as chief medical officer for most of my twenty-year tenure as CEO, I was…
Health Affairs: As the former CEO of Denver Health, a large safety-net health care system in Colorado, where I also served as chief medical officer for most of my twenty-year tenure as CEO, I was…
New Mexico Mercury: Friend of The Conversation Project, Joan Gibson, talks about the importance of advanced care planning at various stages of our lives and her initiative to involve a Health Care Companion to that…
Rhode Island Public Radio: Talking about dying is difficult for most people, including doctors. But can they learn a better way to help patients nearing the end of their lives? Can health care systems learn to…
PBS News Hour— A growing national movement to normalize end-of-life discussions among family and friends has gained traction in recent months. As Medicare considers whether to cover such conversations with physicians, The Conversation Project, a Boston-based…
During my year so far, I have been struck by the advanced discourse here in the US about compassionate deaths. In the US, there is a major initiative to have “the conversation.” This is a…
NBCnews.com: Thee feud that’s split Glen Campbell’s loved ones amid his decline from Alzheimer’s disease strikes a chord with other U.S. families as dementia diagnoses fuel similar money spats and jealousies, leaving lasting wounds, experts say….