Coping

A palliative care social worker once commented to me, “You know what I hear most often when I suggest legacy projects?...‘I wish I’d...

Palliative care is optimally provided by multiple experts (for example, physician, nurse, social worker, and chaplain) working as part of...

"He had a heart attack? HE had a HEART ATTACK? He just ran a marathon last month! We thought the chest pain was indigestion! What...

I hear doctors comment that their colleagues feel like they have failed in the face of impending death of one of their patients (though I...

Sometimes family members will comment, "He's still crying off and on since his wife died last month" and follow up with, "Can you...

"Can you recommend any books I can read with my kids to help me talk about dying?" is a question I occasionally hear during a palliative...

A sense of purpose. Sometimes this may be our primary source of strength, endurance, and resiliency at a time when health issues and...

"I always thought I was brave and a go getter, that I could handle just about anything. But I don't want to know the CT scan results. I...

We have probably felt demoralized at certain points in our lives: - receiving a "Needs Improvement" on an annual evaluation from your...

"Staying positive" and "being optimistic" are probably two big ways to keep motivated in making the best of each day and working towards...