Decision Making

Before I started working as a palliative care physician (read Post 1: What Exactly Does a Palliative Care Specialist Do?), I worked as a...

"She didn't use the Life Alert button when she fell! What am I going to do if this happens again? I've used up all my days staying with...

"It looks like I'll be the one making decisions. The rest of my siblings work, are busy with kids, or live on the other side of the...

I have seen my healthcare colleagues become so focused on treating a patient, they forget that the patient is a person with a family. I...

"I don't want to be on dialysis, and I'm afraid of what will happen if I don't start dialysis. What should I do?" Mr. K and his wife are...

"My grandpa can tell me what he wants to eat for breakfast. I wouldn't trust him to buy a house on his own." Many times we have a sense...