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September 13, 2018
Rod Hochman vividly remembers watching his father die the wrong way, laid out by a stroke at age 78, hooked up to a ventilator and an intravenous...
May 30, 2018
Dr. Ira Byock would make weeklong trips to his hometown in New Jersey to drive his dad to radiation therapy as he battled pancreatic cancer.
The...
January 31, 2018
Centuries from now, one of the things our era will be known for is the plague of dying badly.
January 22, 2018
Given the prevalence of persistent suffering and growing acceptance of physician-hastened death as a medical response, it is time to revisit the...
November 08, 2017
We live and practice in challenging times. Thanks to advances in public health and treatments for hitherto swiftly fatal conditions, people in...
October 09, 2017
Matthew Gonzales, M.D., a software engineer-turned palliative care physician, is among 10 physicians and nurses named into Cambia Health...
September 20, 2017
Elite group of physicians and nurses demonstrate strong leadership potential and commitment to expanding palliative care.
September 02, 2017
A group of Providence St. Joseph Health organizations in Southern California has earned a top American Hospital Association award for implementing...
July 21, 2017
The metaphor was inevitable.Moments after the news of Sen. John McCain’s brain tumor reached the internet, he was being pinned with the...
July 17, 2017
Palliative care physician Ira Byock suggests how we might fill a loved one's final days with joy and forgiveness.
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