Dear Judy,
I thought your advice yesterday to that woman whose friend had leukemia — and who refused to acknowledge she was terminal, despite her doctor’s prognosis – was shameful!
No. 1 — the dying need to put, as her own doctor put it, their affairs in order. So lying to yourself just means that when the time [...]
Where did President Obama get the (good) idea to offer the elderly an every-5-year consultation with a family doctor about end of life care in our proposed health reform bill?
From the Netherlands and from Germany, among other countries. All over Europe — just like in the US — people are deciding, while they’re still healthy, what they [...]
Dear Judy,
My mother has cancer and while treatable, its not curable. I took my mom to all her appointments that led to her diagnosis (no help from my sister)and helped her find a good place for treatment - which happens to be an hour away. It’s the only place that has a specialist in her [...]
You can always be sure that if a program or medical movement is going really well, our government will find some way to screw it up. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have done themselves proud this time. In spring they decided to cut back on Medicare reimbursements for hospices across the nation.
What this means [...]
Dear Readers –
For those of you wondering why your doctor — or a dying relative’s or friend’s doctor — isn’t treating patients as reasonable adults, the AP just came out with a terrific story on the subject.
Please remember: all of us are consumers. We need to demand from medical personnel the same kind straight talk and [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009