End Of Life: Narrative Matters
by Health Affairs
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Description
Stories about values and choices near the end of life, from Narrative Matters, a section of first-person essays in the policy journal Health Affairs.
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Amy Berman - "Living Life In My Own Way—And Dying That Way As Well" Full Essay | A health foundation executive receives a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer and, with the help of a doctor who respects her goals, forgoes aggressive treatment in favor of palliative care. (April 2012) | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hunter Groninger - "A Gravely Ill Patient Faces The Grim Results Of Outliving Her Eligibility For Hospice Benefits" Full Essay | A former home hospice medical director recalls the story of one elderly patient discharged from hospice—and calls for a new approach to better serve those with advanced illnesses. (February 2012) | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Muriel R. Gillick - "‘In Technology We Trust’" Abridged Version | But for many patients, our intervention-oriented medical culture doesn't produce humane care. (December 2010) | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Muriel R. Gillick - "'In Technology We Trust'" Full Essay | But for many patients, our intervention-oriented medical culture doesn't produce humane care. (December 2010) | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eleanor Clift - "Hospice And The 'End Game'" Abridged Version | After her husband's death from cancer, a veteran reporter concludes that hospice "should be front and center in the debate over the kind of health care future that we want." (August 2011) | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eleanor Clift - "Hospice And The 'End Game'" Full Essay | After her husband's death from cancer, a veteran reporter concludes that hospice "should be front and center in the debate over the kind of health care future that we want." (August 2011) | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Katherine Chretien - "Driven To Dialysis" Abridged Version | A young doctor questions what appeared to be a predetermined route to dialysis-and wonders why the full range of options wasn't laid out. (April 2011) | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Katherine Chretien - "Driven To Dialysis" Full Essay | A young doctor questions what appeared to be a predetermined route to dialysis-and wonders why the full range of options wasn't laid out. (April 2011) | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Muller - "GOMER" Abridged Version | The truth is in the definition. (May/June 2007) | 1/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Muller - "GOMER" Full Essay | The truth is in the definition. (May/June 2007) | 1/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Muller - "Do NOT Resuscitate" Full Essay | A well-orchestrated plan for death ends on a brutal note. (September/October 2005) | 1/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Muller - "Do NOT Resuscitate" Abridged Version | A well-orchestrated plan for death ends on a brutal note. (September/October 2005) | 1/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boris Veysman - "'Shock Me, Tube Me, Line Me'" Full Essay | An impressive rescue in the emergency room prompts a doctor to set forth his own version of advance directives—and to challenge common perceptions about care at the end of life. (February 2010) | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Victoria Sweet - "Code Pearl" Full Essay | In addition to Full Codes and DNRs, a physician calls for a new option that provides all life-prolonging treatments until death—and then a kind farewell. (January/February 2008) | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Victoria Sweet - "Code Pearl" Abridged Version | In addition to Full Codes and DNRs, a physician calls for a new option that provides all life-prolonging treatments until death—and then a kind farewell. (January/February 2008) | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Victoria Sweet - "Thy Will Be Done" Full Essay | Think your living will takes care of everything? Maybe not. (May/June 2007) | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Victoria Sweet - "Thy Will Be Done" Abridged Version | Think your living will takes care of everything? Maybe not. (May/June 2007) | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boris Veysman - "Full Code" Full Essay | A young physician is confounded by—then learns from—a dying patient’s decisions. (September/October 2005) | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boris Veysman - "Full Code" Abridged Version | A young physician is confounded by—then learns from—a dying patient's decisions. (September/October 2005) | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Veneta Masson - "Luck Of The Dying" Full Essay | A nurse witnesses her mother's month-long dying process and ponders its lesson. (May/June 2005) | 9/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Veneta Masson - "Luck Of The Dying" Abridged Version | A nurse witnesses her mother's month-long dying process and ponders its lesson. (May/June 2005) | 9/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 21 Episodes |
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