#Palliativecare

1/ Can we please stop making our “fighters till the end” the enemy when it comes to end of life care??? I’m tired of families feeling abandoned cause “no one

Male patient in his early 20: is your husband in medicine too?Me: nope. He does other thingsHim: is he a good husband?Me: yes...he’s kind, supportive, funny. Everything I wanted.Him: do

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@TodaywithClaire @Ginosocialist1) Claire the Citizens of Ireland should vote on the #DyingWithDignityBill It deserves a respectful debate as other sensitive topics have received in recent years #repealedThe8th #SameSexMarriage #Divorce Dyin

THREAD: I'm often asked whether the #SDoH & upstream inequities impact people later in life, when they are in need of #palliativecare & end-of-life care. A newly updated @HQOntario report

Claire Crawford, LMSW, PhD

PalliativClaire

A recent rotating #medstudent wrote a handwritten card of thanks for the time and learning we shared over the last 2 weeks. Gestures like this are so meaningful and give

As UK deaths continue to increase, I wanted to write about dying of respiratory failure. It won't be easy - either to write or read - but I think it

There's a quiet anxiety every time you have to bring up #PalliativeCare care w/ patients or families. You never know how they'll take it.From a recent conversation:"I'm glad you're the

#COVID19 has shown us that #LTC requires urgent reform. This must also include improving provision of #palliativecare. Here’s why (THREAD): 1/DEFINITIONS. “21st century” palliative care is not just end-of-life care.

As a GP-Anesthetist, I’m called to put people on life support measures like ventilators.As a palliative care doctor, I keep people comfortable during the last phase of life, dying, whether

Kira Newman, MD, PhD

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After spending the last four weeks working in an #ICU here in #Seattle, a final set of #COVID19 clinical and general thoughts: #COVID4MDs #seattlecovid19 #medtwitter (1/10) Last week’s diagnoses are