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As America’s death toll from COVID-19 climbs, experts say the pandemic has transformed the landscape of loss in ways that impact our collective experience of grief — and that we need a national response.
Experts agree expanding primary palliative care is crucial to effectively supporting the growing number of people living with serious illnesses.But getting buy-in from generalist clinicians has been challenging.
Medical cannabis continues to move into the mainstream across the United States, but in many places it’s a therapeutic option that patients with serious illnesses and their families must largely navigate on their own.
Wishing You Light in the Darkness This Holiday Season and Always
On December 21, two things will happen: It is the shortest day so the longest night of the year, and for the first time in 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn will align so closely in their orbits as to form a “double planet” when viewed from Earth.
What’s the Path Forward for Advance Care Planning?
Reverberations from Dr. R. Sean Morrison’s Notes from the Editor column in the June issue of the Journal of Palliative Medicine, where
Speakers at Virtual Symposium Shine Spotlight on Healthcare Inequities, Telemedicine
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,
“Faces of Caring” Need Our Support, Now and Always
This month, in line with National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, we are celebrating Faces of Caring.
Finding the Right Messages for Serious Illness Care
By Larry Beresford Almost everyone involved in serious illness care agrees the field has an identity problem. Palliative care, hospice, and advance
Hospice Professionals Rediscover Resilience in their Work
Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, hospice and palliative care professionals are tired and struggling under the constraints of PPE, changes in
What I Learned From Off-the-Charts Pain
A week after my first chemo infusion for breast cancer, I woke up feeling like I’d been beaten with sticks. By mid-morning,
By Melanie Marshall Managing pain in people with advanced illnesses requires a whole person approach, not just a prescription, said Jeffrey Sears,
By Larry Beresford Hospice and palliative care social workers who want to advance their field must recognize their value, demonstrate their strengths,
Comforting the Grieving During COVID-19 Crisis
By Larry Beresford When New York City became the epicenter of the United States’ COVID-19 infections this spring, Rabbi Edith Meyerson DMin,
Palliative Care in Two Pandemics
By Jennifer Moore Ballentine I had hoped, by this mid-summer moment, that the COVID-19 crisis would be mostly in the rear view
COVID Crisis Underscores Gaps in Serious Illness Workforce
By Larry Beresford The COVID-19 crisis has underscored serious gaps in the U.S. healthcare system – among them, the nation’s shortage of
A Grieving Mother Finds Healing Through Art
When Linda Kallas’ youngest son died in a car accident 10 years ago, she thought the grief might swallow her. Instead, she
Hospice House Gives Homeless a Place of Their Own
By Larry Beresford A hospice house in Tennessee is celebrating its fifth year of providing a safe and comforting space for homeless
By Larry Beresford When COVID-19 began to spread across the United States four months ago, hospice and palliative care pioneer Brad Stuart,