They came seeking healing, not to perish in smoke.
11Dec11
Hospital of Horror
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Posted in death & dying, deaths in the news, global health, hospital care, patient safety
Tagged hospital fire, kolkata
Tagged hospital fire, kolkata
15May11
Hospice for Harmon
There was an unusual sports story in the news last week. Hall-of-fame slugger Harmon Killebrew announced that he’s ending his medical treatment for esophageal cancer, choosing instead to enter hospice care. As quoted in the NY Times piece, Killebrew wrote (via the Minnesota Twins’ press office), “I am very comfortable taking this next step and experiencing [...]
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Posted in aging, death & dying, patient experience
Tagged baseball heroes, esophageal cancer, hospice
Tagged baseball heroes, esophageal cancer, hospice
3Apr11
Drawing Lines
Technology in Medicine brings unintended consequences.
19Dec10
Remembering Gene
A tribute to a life well-lived. Gene Goldwasser died last week. [Obits here and here.] He was 88, and he was my friend. I wrote previously about a series of conversations I conducted with Gene and Rabbi A.J. Wolf a few years ago. I met Gene one Spring day after calling to invite him to [...]
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Posted in books, death & dying, narrative, patient experience, reminiscence
Tagged emeritus, friend, Gene Goldwasser, wisdom
Tagged emeritus, friend, Gene Goldwasser, wisdom
16Dec10
RIP: RH (1941-2010)
Death from a condition that makes even doctors tremble. Veteran U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke died this week of an aortic dissection. The man considered largely responsible for the Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the war(s) in the former Yugoslavia, had an outsized personality in a world usually replete with protocol and bureaucracy (don’t let those [...]
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Posted in death & dying, deaths in the news, medical mystery
Tagged aortic dissection, obituary, Richard Holbrooke
Tagged aortic dissection, obituary, Richard Holbrooke