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Judaism is practiced in many diverse ways in the United States, yet sometimes even non-practicing Jews still observe Jewish laws at the end of life, suggests Barry Kinzbrunner, MD, chief medical officer for VITAS Innovative Hospice Care in Miami.
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One of the more controversial components of the health care reform law has been the inclusion of advanced care planning as part of a Medicare annual checkup or wellness visit.
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"Location, location, location" is often cited as the key to success in the real estate market, and it is not that different in the retail business, says Debbie Ludvik, manager of the hospice resale shop at Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland, OH.
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Not only has the recession resulted in a 3.6% drop in charitable giving but 62% of Americans say they also have cut back on their spending since the recession began.
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Recent studies have shown that acupuncture can help control several symptoms and side effects such as pain, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting associated with a variety of cancers and their treatments.
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Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that 98% of the U.S. population lives in communities within 60 minutes of a hospice provider, which suggests that disparities in use of hospice are not likely due to a lack of access to a hospice provider.
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Shortness of breath in terminally ill patients is often managed poorly, says Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP, chairman of emergency medicine at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ, and co-creator of its new Life-Sustaining Management and Alternative (LSMA) program.
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A recent case in the ED at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ, shows the value of its new Life-Sustaining Management and Alternative (LSMA) services, says Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP, chairman of emergency medicine and co-creator of the program.
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An emergency department (ED) program designed to serve the terminally ill? It makes perfect sense to Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP, chairman of emergency medicine at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ. So much so, in fact, that his department recently introduced Life-Sustaining Management and Alternative (LSMA) services. The program is designed to provide comfort, control, and choices for chronic and terminally ill patients and their loved ones.
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The decision to stop life-support for incapacitated and critically ill patients is, for surrogate decision-makers, often fraught with moral and ethical uncertainty, and long-term emotional consequences.
