Chinese Communist Party leaders are afraid that the Dalai Lama will not have an afterlife. Worried enough that this week, officials repeatedly warned that he must reincarnate, and on their terms. Tensions over what will happen when the 14th Dalai...
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Many people believe hospice places a time limit on patient stays and hastens death. This belief is false. The Hospice Benefit is the most underused Medicare benefit. At Stein Hospice there is no time limit for how long a patient can receive...
Read moreThis short video features a spokeswoman from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization.
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A great Ted Talk from an Israeli physician, Dr. Ron Sabar. Hat tip: Lara Zilberstein, MD
Read moreBy Ken Murray Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. It was diagnosed as pancreatic cancer by one of the best surgeons in the country, who had developed a procedure that could triple...
Read moreA moving video from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization on how hospice worked miracle for one family.
Read moreDying and profits: The Evolution of Hospice By Peter Whoriskey and Dan Keating [A] Washington Post analysis of hundreds of thousands of U.S. hospice records indicates that, as [for-profit] companies transformed a movement once dominated by...
Read more Are we prolonging life or prolonging death? -Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post [O]n the best-sellers lists is “Being Mortal,” a surgeon’s critique of the way the United States handles decline and death. In it, author Atul Gawande warns, among...
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JAMA: Hospice Care Offers Benefits, Is Cost Effective New research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association shows there is a positive relationship between use of the Medicare Hospice Benefit and an overall reduction in health...
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The End-of-Life Battle Over Jewish Souls – by Paul Berger Many Orthodox Jews, particularly ultra-Orthodox Jews, believe that as long as the heart beats, the soul is alive. For such Jews, withdrawing life support is akin to murder. Rabbi...
Read moreHave tissues ready for this moving video…
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Since 2009 an organization called The Conversation Project has been helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. It’s not easy to talk about how you want the end of your life to be, but it’s one of the most important conversations...
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