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Ami Doshi, MD

A palliative care physician, educator, and leader whose work has helped to expand access to pediatric palliative care for seriously ill children across the San Diego region has been named the 2021 recipient of the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care Doris A. Howell, MD, Award for Advancing Palliative Care.

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More than a year into the pandemic, we now have data on the disproportionate devastation wrought upon racial and ethnic minority groups across our country.

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Social worker Nicole Perry, author of our Building Healthy Boundaries eBook, reflects on all she’s learned from patients, families, and palliative care colleagues against the backdrop of serious illness.

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Sixteen San Diego County healthcare professionals were recently awarded a total of $25,000 in scholarships to cover the full cost of tuition in any of the Institute’s online courses.

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The California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care has launched a new online palliative care certificate program for physician assistants, the first of its kind in the country.

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The California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care will offer its self-paced Self-Care and Resilience course at no cost in February to support frontline health professionals in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A November report by the

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Addressing healthcare inequities and engaging technology to expand access to palliative care are crucial to supporting patients with serious illnesses, and collaboration is key to making that happen,

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By Larry Beresford Almost everyone involved in serious illness care agrees the field has an identity problem. Palliative care, hospice, and advance

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To recognize National Hospice and Palliative Care Month in November, the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care is offering $25,000 in scholarships

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By Melanie Marshall Managing pain in people with advanced illnesses requires a whole person approach, not just a prescription, said Jeffrey Sears,

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The CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care announced this week it is making more than 20 online palliative care courses and resources

Editor’s note: The Rev. Lorraine Leist, M.Div., is a palliative care chaplain at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., and an ordained

Jill Mendlen

A nurse and longtime healthcare innovator whose entrepreneurial spirit has been fueled by a passion and purpose to improve care for people

When Brian (last name withheld for privacy) was treated for cancer at the Mayo Clinic in September 2019, his palliative care team

Jill Mendlen

A longtime nurse, hospice innovator, and nationally recognized leader in improving care for people with serious illness has been named the 2019

In the normal cycle of life, children outlive their parents by decades. When the situation is reversed, and the child is diagnosed

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The California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care recently awarded $25,000 in scholarships for palliative care education to 13 San Diego

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Collaborative and conscious leadership – from palliative care clinicians and educators in any role and every discipline – is the key to