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Tag Archives: Palliative Medicine
How Can Palliative Care Improve Quality of Life?
An interview with palliative care physician Dr. Steven Pantilat, Part Two
Today, SevenPonds speaks with Dr. Steven Pantilat, a San Francisco-based healthcare professional with an expertise in palliative care. Dr. Pantilat teaches at UCSF, and consults with hospitals and other healthcare facilities on the best methods for improving communication about palliative … Continue reading
How Do You Create An Alternative To Conventional Palliative Care?
An interview with Dr. Michael Fratkin, founder of palliative care telemedicine service ResolutionCare, Part Two
Today SevenPonds concludes our two-part interview with Dr. Michael Fratkin, palliative medicine specialist and president and founder of ResolutionCare. (Read Part One here.) Birthed by Dr. Fratkin’s desire to expand palliative care beyond the limitations of our country’s broken healthcare system, ResolutionCare … Continue reading
What is a Doctor’s Role in Advance Care Planning? An Interview with Dr. Karl Steinberg, MD: Part One
A medical doctor discusses his passion for palliative and hospice care
Today SevenPonds chats with Dr. Karl Steinberg, MD. about his two-decade medical practice focusing on palliative and hospice care. Dr. Steinberg is the medical director of three nursing homes and Hospice by the Sea (since 1995). He currently sits on the … Continue reading
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Tagged California Palliative Care, End-of-life care, End-of-Life Planning, geriatric care, Home care, Hospice, Nursing, Nursing home, Nursing home care, Palliative Care, Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Care Nursing Home, Palliative Medicine
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Die Wise by Stephen Jenkinson
Unflinching look at dying in North America offers something more powerful than comfort
You and I will die. This is a given, entirely proper…. But the manner of our dying is not a given. That, with deep labour, is up to us. This is one of the life gifts entrusted to us … Continue reading
What Are Collaborative Doctor-Patient Relationships? An Interview with Dr. M. Grace Laurencin, Part Two
A primary care physician discusses the details of patient-centered care
Today, in the second part of a two-part interview (read part one here), SevenPonds spoke with Mercedes Grace Laurencin, M.D. M.P.H. about the interpersonal, social and psychological aspects of providing primary care as a physician. Her retainer medical practice, based in … Continue reading
