Madeline was scheduled for a routine gynecologic exam. I went into the exam room and immediately knew something was very wrong. She was wearing dark glasses. Her all-black clothing was piled on a...
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November is National Hospice Month. I first got interested in the hospice movement when I was a junior at Georgetown University in the late 70s. I volunteered at a hospice in Washington, DC as part...
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The caller ID on my cell phone clued me in to the call. Or so I thought. A New Hampshire area code. With my 30th high school reunion just a few weeks away, I presumed that it was a class...
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In the last column I explored the issues of being a healthcare surrogate from the woman’s perspective. In a nutshell, women are often overwhelmed by the responsibility of the decision-making...
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