Nov 26, 2020

Palliative is from the Latin word pallium, which means cloak. When patients receive palliative care, they are cloaked with care and comfort as they receive focused pain and symptom management. I think there is another way we can cloak ourselves: To practice gratitude. In this Thanksgiving episode, I share with you two...

Nov 20, 2020

'Name is Bond. James Bond'. Who does not get goose bumps when they hear those words? Yet when Sean Connery died last month, I had to ask myself: Did I know if he was still alive? There certainly was no mention or sighting of him. His wife released a statement that said he had dementia and it took its toll on him. "It...

Nov 13, 2020

As physicians, we often talk about 'Do No Harm'. We also know that culturally we associate feeding loved ones as loving them. Can these two ideas go against one another? Are there situations when inadvertently we feed our loved ones to death? When patients with end stage dementia are unable to swallow their food, how do...

Nov 6, 2020

Hear the story of a patient who loved life so much that she wanted to live it her way until the very end. In this very special episode, we will listen to Dr. Deming from the last episode with her patient's daughter talk about Patsy. She was a fiercely independent woman who was very clear about her wishes. She was clear...