Tag: end-of-life

The heartbreaking sound of a mother's howl helped a medical student appreciate the huge responsibility of giving bad news about a loved one.

A medical student's mom told her witnessing her grandfather's agonizing death was a gift, implying that it would make her a better doctor.

Facing a painful death from incurable cancer, Brittany Maynard had to move to Oregon so she could control her destiny & die with dignity. Why do so few states allow this?

A young medical student recalls the indelible experience of taking care of a dying patient. It is the story of her first patient and her first death.

Caring for his dying patient, a much loved Irish farmer with advanced renal failure, reminded a doctor of what is really important in medicine.

Although compassion and empathy are innate qualities, specific education and training can sharpen and improve how physicians deliver bad news to patients.

We were told that as third-year medical students, we are lucky because we have time to really get to know our patients as people. It turns out to be true.

Creating a plan for strategic aging can help patients create a narrative and direction for their end-of-life journey.

Nursing errors and the unmonitored use of patient-controlled analgesia led to the unexpected death of a mother's only child. It could have been prevented.

Existential coaching in end-of-life conversations may allow people to die with dignity with some relief from existential angst in their final moments

A first year medical student describes her anatomy lab and how she grew to appreciate the corpse she worked on as a gift.