Tag Archives: BJ Miller

San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Has Closed Its Doors

After 30 years, the hospice has succumbed to budget woes

One of San Francisco’s oldest and most revered inpatient hospices closed its doors this month. Already, the old Victorian building on Page Street that housed the Zen Hospice Project is empty and bare. The furniture is gone, the floors are … Continue reading

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Our Monthly Tip: Say Goodbye with Flower Petals

A simple flower ceremony sends a loved one off with beauty and respect

Our Tip of the Month Sometimes the simplest of ceremonies is the most meaningful, and this is particularly true when someone dies. All too often, when we are searching for some way to pay homage to a loved one, we … Continue reading

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An 

Amputee Palliative Physician Discusses What Really Matters at the End of Life

BJ Miller suggests that including life's simple pleasures alongside symptom management is urgently needed in palliative care

In his 2015 Ted Talk, palliative physician BJ Miller asserts that life’s simple pleasures are more powerfully healing on an emotional and psychological level than symptom management as people navigate their final days. He recounts an incident in his early twenties … Continue reading

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