Don’t avoid the end-of-life talk with your aging parents. Here’s how to start the conversation
Having those conversations proactively can actually ... take stock of what details would be helpful to know in the event of ...
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As an emergency-medicine doctor, I see a lot of confusion over end-of-life wishes. Keep an open conversation with your family and revisit often.
Focus on safety, not death Death can be scary. So, instead of starting the conversation focused on end-of-life issues, center it around patient safety. Say something like, "Mom and Dad ...
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When We Face the End of Life, ‘It’s Not Sadness We Should Fear. It’s Regret.’
It was a conversation she wanted to have ... have an emphasis on fundraising for and supporting a search for cures, not end of life care. And this was true at our treating hospital as well.
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end of life
How should doctors approach end-of-life conversations? STAT’s coverage also tells personal stories of those with cancer, Alzheimer’s, or other diseases.
Simon Fraser University9y
LGBT End-of-Life Conversations
Her numerous publications include chapters in books such as Blurring the Boundaries: Ageing at the Intersection of Work and Home Life, Family Time: the Social Organization of Care, and Rural Ageing: A ...
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Ensuring Meaningful End-of-Life Conversations
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A Designed Death: Global Exploration of End-of-Life Choices
Conversations about the ethical, legal, and theological dimensions of end-of-life decisions were reignited as global news sources reported on the controversy. The sheer number of written pieces ...
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New book ‘Winter’s End’ chronicles dementia and end of life choice
Dan Winter’s advocacy for ending his life is discussed by dementia researcher Lewis Cohen, hospice specialist Jeff Zesiger, ...
The Conversation4y
End-of-life care – Analysis and Comment
The first wind phone appeared in Japan in 2010, and the concept has since spread around the world. Training paramedics to provide home-based palliative care lets severely ill patients remain at ...
Medical Xpress1mon
End-of-life care can be more aggressive for cancer patients with defibrillators
"By putting these heart devices on cancer specialists' radars, we can help them start having conversations with patients who have them to make sure their end-of-life care matches their stated wishes." ...
Simon Fraser University9y
LGBT End-of-Life Conversations
Sarah Paterson is a research assistant on the TVN funded project 'Fostering End-of-Life Conversations, Community and Care among LGBT Older Adults' in the Halifax region. Her research interests include ...