Stanford Palliative Care

11/11/2017

https://youtu.be/aSgRggu5kH8 Fondly remembering our dear patient Mr. Jim Cooper, Korean Frogman

This short film tells the real life story of Jim Cooper and his experiences during the last six years of his life with advanced lung disease. Mr. Cooper was ...

11/11/2017

https://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2017/11/09/what-vets-want-at-the-end-of-life-is-very-different-from-what-civilians-want/ Thanks to 22 million Americans who served our country. Many aging, at the end of life with and need . KQED

09/30/2017

students educate the public about palliative care through . This is a meme from Josh Kravitz

09/29/2017

Undergraduate students are learning about , by creating a series of .

09/29/2017

Welcome to our new undergraduate class for MED51Q: Compassionate Presence at the Bedside: A Palliative Practicum.

09/23/2016

01/16/2016

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2016/01/14/january-15-2016-doctors-and-end-of-life-discussions/28640/

If end-of-life care in the US is broken, are end-of-life conversations the solution?

11/05/2015

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1505976

In honor of Veterans Day. Thank you to all Veterans and their families for your service

Perspective from The New England Journal of Medicine — A Never-Ending Battle

10/31/2015

10/31/2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2015/10/28/the-silver-tsunami-is-actually-silver-brown-how-does-end-of-life-care-differ-for-minorities/

As our nation grays, we must open lines of communication to deal with minority cultures and mistrust.

10/02/2015

The one conversation you do not want to have is the one you cannot afford to ignore: All adults should do this when they are able to. Our undergraduates are having this conversation. Use our free app to have a conversation with your loved ones and doctors about your end of life wishes. It is free, easy and extremely important.
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2015/10/02/stanford-letter-project-now-available-for-mobile-devices/

For many of us, the topic of how we want to spend our final days rarely comes up in discussions with our family members or doctors. And a big reason why is that