Tag: palliative care

Jul 03 2020
COVID-19, Reflections

Phone call

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Their mother is not going to make it and I am the person who is sharing this information.
Jun 25 2020
COVID-19, Reflections

Lessons from the bedside

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The hospital is on lockdown due to COVID-19, so visitors are not permitted. He has had no connection with the outside world other than health care personnel.
Mar 26 2020
COVID-19, Editors' Blog

Worrying about loved ones

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When I was practicing as a palliative care doc, I’d see many people come to the ED from their nursing homes with shortness of breath. They were in the ED...
Oct 29 2018
Student Humanities Blog

To begin at the end

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Serena Arora is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at McMaster University   I love puzzles. I love looking at the picture on the box, seeing what the completed version will...
Oct 22 2018
Student Humanities Blog

Suddenly

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Matthew Lee is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Dalhousie University   I was totally unsure. Meeting a patient who knows they are going to die… wouldn’t it be intrusive,...
May 07 2018
Student Humanities Blog

Still healing

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Sarah Hanafi is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at the University of Alberta   In healthcare, we sometimes hear the saying, “I went home thinking about that patient.” I thought I...
Apr 19 2016
Podcasts

Podcast: How patients perceive palliative care

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Interview with Dr. Camilla Zimmermann, head of the palliative care program at UHN in Toronto, associate professor and Rose family Chair in the Department of Medicine at the University of...