Terminal Diagnosis & Living
March 25, 2008
I’ve never been diagnosed with a terminal illness (prognosis of 6 months or less) and I have no idea how it would feel to hear those words. I can only imagine it–based on all the families I have walked through this with as a hospice case manager and in going through this with my family.
Both of my grandfathers, grandmothers and my mother all died from cancer. One of them lived for Read more
Incurable Doesn’t Mean Untreatable
March 16, 2008
As I was looking around for palliative care news and resources, I found this (‘incurable does not mean untreatable’) and I love it. The website is CancerCare.
About CancerCare
“CancerCare is a national nonprofit organization that provides free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer: people with cancer, caregivers, children, loved ones, and the bereaved…”
“…Incurable does not mean untreatable:
Often people confuse the term incurable with the notion Read more
You Are In On It
March 1, 2008
The field of palliative medicine is growing before our very eyes, just like my nephew Gavin.
I just wanted to show you how fast. This article was written last year after the 2006 National Comprehensive Cancer Network convention and right before June 2006 when the AMA established Pain and Palliative Medicine as a sub-specialty, Read more
