Palliative Care - A Human Right
If humans are afforded rights such as the "right to life"; "freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment"; "the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable...
No More Cancer Screening for Senior Citizens?
Motivated by quality vs quantity of life, a national task force has recommended that doctors stop screening for prostate cancer in men over 75 years old.
Because prostate cancer...
Risk of Falling Involves More than Broken Bones
We all know that when an elderly or ill person falls, their risk of breaking a bone can be high. But other injuries can occur that may be even...
Fiscal Responsibility or Jeopardizing Patient Care?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the 2009 wage index. They issued a press release detailing the cuts to the hospice reimbursement rate:
Hospices serving Medicare...
Sexual Intimacy and the Palliative Care Patient
In a recent blog, "More Sex for Seniors", I discussed the upswing in the number of senior citizens having sex. A Swedish study found that more seniors are engaging...
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