Recently, my daughter and I were watching Grey's Anatomy. The character Mark Sloan (played by Eric Dane) slipped into a coma following an end-of-life "rally," or final burst of energy. The cast of clinicians then discussed Sloan's advance directives. He had requested to end life-prolonging interventions if there were no signs of recovery after 30 days.A… Continue reading Side Doors to Tough Talks: How to Approach Planning Conversations about the End of Life
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Your Values, Your Voice: Collaborative Care
Your Values, Your Voice Making Decisions in Cases of Serious Illness A collaborative approach to medicine between practitioner and patient has not always been standard practice, let alone even possible. In their landmark “Awareness of Dying” research, Glaser and Strauss (1965) described the common philosophy of “closed awareness context,” meaning that details about a patient’s… Continue reading Your Values, Your Voice: Collaborative Care
