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What Is The Role of A Patient Advocate? - An interview with patient advocate...
Today SevenPonds speaks with Linda Garvin, R.N., M.S.N., a patient advocate with 35 years experience working in healthcare. Linda is the principal of Patient Advocate Bay Area, Inc, located in the San...
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Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Rarely Use Hospice - A recent study...
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...
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What Is the Role of an End-of-Life Doula? - An interview with Merilynne Rush,...
Today Sevenponds speaks with Merilynne Rush, founder of Lifespan Doula Association, an organization in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that provides professional End-of-Life Doula training and certification,...
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Palliative Care Is Not Giving Up - Helping patients live the best life...
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die ~Leonardo da Vinci Recently, I read an op-ed in the Washington Post written by Dr. Isaac Chan, a medical oncology fellow...
View ArticleWhen Is the Right Time for Hospice Care? - Many patients living with serious...
“Queenie Hennessy – ‘I am here to die.’ Sister Mary Inconnue – ‘Pardon me but you are here to live until you die. There is a significant difference.”’ ― Rachel Joyce, The Love Song of Miss Queenie...
View ArticleHow Has Hospice Social Work Changed Over the Years? - An interview with Susan...
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...
View ArticleThe Bloom Project Delivers Joy at the End of Life - A cadre of volunteers...
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...
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