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How Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used to Help Physicians Identify Cancer Earlier: AI tools can analyze images and tissue samples more quickly and effectively, leading to more accurate diagnoses
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Author Archives: Melissa Gouty
Hope on the Horizon? The Family Act Proposes Paid Family Leave
Congress is currently considering legislation to allow paid leave for most family caregivers
What is one thing that the U.S. doesn’t provide for its workforce that every other industrialized country in the world does? Paid family leave. Would you take time off work to be with a dying parent? Would you be willing … Continue reading
“Moment” by Honorata Martin
Polish artist tries to recreate the experience of death
Honorata Martin thinks outside the box. She also thinks outside the body. She is a painter, performer and visual artist on a quest to record what the experience of death feels like. The picture above is titled, “Moment,” and is … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art and Death, Honorata Martin, Moment, Polish artist, Polityka Passport, Soulful Expressions
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Washington Introduces the Long-Term Care Trust Act
Rep. Laurie Jinkins proposed the bill, which is already approved by the House
In American history, the pioneers moved from the East Coast to the West. In modern times, however, the West Coast often leads the country in innovation. Right now, Washington State is pioneering a financial plan that may move eastward and … Continue reading
The Bloom Project Delivers Joy at the End of Life
A cadre of volunteers supplies repurposed flowers to people in hospice
A room where someone is dying can be a sad place. Often, someone at the end of life does not get outside. Sometimes a person cannot move from the bed. So it is a true gift of love — and … Continue reading
“Remembering I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve encountered to help me make the big choices in life.”
- Steve Jobs
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Cancer, Death, Death and Dying, Death Quotes, end-of-life, Life, Quotes about Death, Steve Jobs, terminal illness
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How Has Hospice Social Work Changed Over the Years?
An interview with Susan M. Weisberg, a hospice social worker with 45 years of experience, Part Two
Susan M. Weisberg is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who works as a hospice social worker in the South Bay area near San Francisco. In addition to her education and Social Work License, Susan received specialized training in end-of-life care at … Continue reading
