For immediate release End-of-life care: New MA survey shows deep chasm between what we know and what we do Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care convenes to jump-start essential conversations BOSTON, May 12, 2016—Eighty-five percent of Massachusetts residents believe that physicians and their patients should talk about end-of-life care – but only 15 percent have actually… Continue reading Ariadne Labs joins state coalition to encourage serious illness conversations
Josh Lakin is a Palliative Care Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Josh serves as the clinical lead for the Serious Illness Care Program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, both in primary care and general inpatient medicine settings. His recent research focuses on the implementation… Continue reading Joshua Lakin, MD
More than 35 years ago, Dr. Susan Block began making house calls to very seriously ill patients struggling with physical pain, fear and desperation, and, sometimes, paralyzing family distress. At the time, the problems in the care of patients at the end of life were unrecognized, and the specialty of palliative medicine was unknown in… Continue reading Palliative care pioneer Dr. Susan Block honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Registration is open for an innovative course to prepare clinicians and health systems to improve conversations with seriously ill patients Every day, clinicians face difficult conversations with seriously ill patients about the care they want to receive. Although many clinicians have developed their own ways of initiating these critical discussions, there are significant gaps in how… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Announces 2016 “Communication in Serious Illness” Course
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