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As healthcare professionals across America grapple with or prepare for a surge of COVID-19 cases, ICU placements, and deaths, many are emphasizing

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems and healthcare professionals are stressed and bracing for or already managing an influx

A letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine made big news at the end of last year: “Home

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

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

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

Today a reporter called me, as someone who has spent time with people who are approaching the ends of their lives or

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

When parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other family members gather around the holiday dinner table, conversations are typically sprinkled with small

Healthcare leaders, policy strategists, and other experts gathered recently in Washington D.C. for an all-day workshop on how to address a predicted

As a family practice physician working in Temecula in the 1980s, Dr. Laurence (Larry) Boggeln began making house calls to patients who

A palliative care research proposal led by a professor at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) has received a grant of $60,000

I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership lately – not just the usual issues of the difference between leaders and managers, or

Dr. Christine Ritchie’s journey as a palliative care leader and visionary started in an unlikely place – down a rural dirt road

Internationally recognized leadership and resiliency expert Daniel Friedland, MD, can trace his journey as a leader back to his days as a

An inspiring and eye-opening level of engagement, discussion, and growth.

Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, the Minaker Chair in Geriatrics and Director of Research for the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine