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Author Archives: Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds
Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Rarely Use Hospice
A recent study shows that Medicare’s policy of precluding “curative” care in hospice is largely to blame
End-stage renal disease is a life-limiting illness in which the kidneys are no longer functioning, or are functioning so poorly that they can no longer do their job. In the absence of a kidney transplant, people with this condition require … Continue reading
The Dangerous Myth of a Good Death
Placing expectations on the dying can cause real harm
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. ~ Mary Oliver As a pediatric oncology nurse, I saw more than my fair share of death. My dying patients were children — some infants, some toddlers, some teens — all … Continue reading
“Whatever a man’s age, he can reduce it several years by putting a bright-colored flower in his button-hole.”
- Mark Twain
Most Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Don’t Need Chemotherapy
A new study shows the vast majority of women do well on endocrine therapy alone
A much anticipated study comparing the long-term survival of women with early-stage breast cancer who received chemotherapy with women who did not has just been released. The results, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine on June 3, 2018, … Continue reading
Judge Halts California’s End of Life Options Act
Hundreds of patients are in limbo as the state prepares its appeal
In a move that shocked many terminally ill Californians, Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolio overturned the state’s End of Life Options Act on Tuesday, May 15. Compassion & Choices, the patient advocacy group that lobbied heavily for the law’s passage, immediately … Continue reading
