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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
Ariadne Labs recently released a streamlined and redesigned Conversation Guide, the centerpiece of our Serious Illness Care Program. Serious Illness Care Program Director Dr. Susan Block shared some insights and background about the purpose of the guide and its redesign. Q: What is the Serious Illness Conversation Guide? A.: The Serious Illness Care Program supports… Continue reading Redesigned Serious Illness Conversation Guide supports more, better and earlier conversations about what matters most
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
Dana-Farber oncologist sees the benefit of using the Serious Illness Conversation Guide with her patients Boston oncologist Dr. Beth Overmoyer has been talking to people about serious illness for 25 years. While there was no palliative care training in medical school, she was fortunate to have a thoughtful mentor who modeled how to talk with people at… Continue reading Improving how doctors have difficult conversations about goals of care
Dr. Asaf Bitton on Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care program in HealthLeaders Innovation
Faculty, Serious Illness Care Program
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Health care systems
Seniors & vulnerable people
Critical care
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Seniors & vulnerable people
Director of Implementation, Serious Illness Care Program
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Seniors & vulnerable people
Palliative care
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Health-care inequities
Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care founded in 2016 by Ariadne Labs pens op-ed on serious illness conversations in the time of COVID-19.