Chronic Illness, Death, and Dying in Modern Times
1 Chronic Illness, Death, and Dying in Modern Times Young friends regard this solemn Truth, soon you may die like me in youth: Death is a debt to nature due,…
Palliative Care Consults
10 Palliative Care Consults “She says, if you please, sir, she only wants to be let die in peace.” “What! And the whole class to be disappointed, impossible! Tell her…
Improving the System and Making a Difference
9 Improving the System and Making a Difference We must become the change we want to see. Mahatma Gandhi, 1869–1948 A medical student with whom I had worked went to…
Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Care
7 Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Care There is a time of the night between midnight and dawn when people despair. Anatole Broyard, Intoxicated by My Illness If one wants…
Special Therapeutic Issues: Hydration, Nutrition, and Antibiotics in End-of-Life Care
6 Special Therapeutic Issues Hydration, Nutrition, and Antibiotics in End-of-Life Care I have no pain, dear mother, now; But oh! I am so dry: Just moisten poor Jim’s lips once…
