Palliative [End-of-Life] Care Home
You probably aren’t familiar with the term palliative care or the concept of a palliative care home. Palliative care refers to the care and medical treatment given to a person afflicted with a disease or condition for which there is no known cure or effective treatment. In traditional medical treatment doctors try to reverse or correct a condition through measures such as drugs and surgery. In palliative care health professionals try to make the victim as comfortable as possi
How Mom’s Death Changed My Thinking About End-of-Life Care
This story was originally published by ProPublica. My father, sister and I sat in the near-empty Chinese restaurant, picking at our plates, unable to avoid the question that we'd gathered to discuss: When was it time to let Mom die? It had been a grueling day at the hospital, watching — praying — for any sign that my mother would emerge from her coma. Three days earlier she'd been admitted for nausea; she had a nasty cough and was having trouble keeping food down. But while a