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The Many Sad Faces of Mr. Toledano

Phillip Toledano was terrified of growing old. So he decided to do it as many times as possible. This article was posted last year in the New York Times By JOSHUA SEFTEL on September 20, 2016 and has stayed with me. It is a very curious and poignant way to become connected to those who suffer and are dying. Watch in Times Video » Over a period of three years, this photographer and artist became homeless, obese,

The Invisible Patient

As health care providers we focus primarily on the terminally ill patients and their comfort. But as a trained Palliative nurse I look beyond the terminally ill patient and assess the needs of the caregivers as well. In a recent article written by Jane Gross for the New York Times titled, “Seeing the Invisible Patient,” she comments on the plight and the overwhelming burden caregivers endure. In a flurry of com

Patients Who Rely on Religion to Cope Are More Likely to Have Aggressive Medical Care

Terminally ill cancer patients who relied on their religious faith to help them cope with their disease were more likely to receive aggressive medical care during their last week of life, a study shows. Patients who engaged in what the researchers called positive religious coping, which included prayer, meditation and religious study, ended up having more intensive life-prolonging interventions such as mechanical
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