For those of you who are dedicated House fans, this is old news. I've been catching up on all my favorite shows that I've recorded over the last several ... Read More

You’re standing at the shore looking out at the water. You know a tsunami is coming but there’s nothing you can do to stop it and nowhere to run. This is ... Read More

If you subscribe to my newsletter, or some of my fellow Guides' newsletters, you may have recently received spam appearing to have come from About.com. These messages are indeed not from ... Read More

Should you get screened for cancer? The answer may surprise you. There are several recommended cancer screenings as we age - papsmears, mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests - screenings that are ... Read More

Too often, I meet terminally ill patients and their families who feel abandoned by their physician. They tell me that their doctor referred them to hospice and then stopped ... Read More

I want to introduce you all to my tweeps. Thanks to Trisha Torrey, About.com's guide to Patient Empowerment, I joined the twittersphere and found many other palliative care tweeple ... Read More

Terminally ill patients in Washington State now have one more option for the end of their lives. Washington passed Initiative 1000, the Death with Dignity Act, and it takes ... Read More

This months edition of Palliative Care Grand Rounds is available now. This months host is Dethmama, a hospice nurse and captivating blogger. Check it out today on Dethmama's ... Read More

Yesterday, I alerted you to the case building against The Final Exit Network in the death of a 58 year old man. He was "suffering" with a facial deformity ... Read More

Terminally ill Washington state residents now have one more option to consider. The state of Washington followed in their neighbor Oregon's footsteps and passed a Death with Dignity act. ... Read More

The Final Exit Network is a group of people who have made it their mission to help people commit the act of suicide, sorry, I should say that they guide ... Read More

Pressure ulcers are skin wounds that typically develop over bony areas of the body, such as the lower back, hips, heels, and elbows. They're painful, hard to treat, and ... Read More