There are many reasons why you may choose to have a healthcare power of attorney, but there are two specific reasons why you NEED one. Both reasons have to do with giving you freedom to deviate away from the path of default medical management. Let's review!
"Doc, do you ever feel a conflict between your mission as a palliative care doctor and the mission of the intensive care unit?”
What you may not know about many at-home palliative care programs, and why it could (accidentally) throw you for a loop.
Let's clear up some misconceptions about the relationship between palliative care and chemotherapy.
If you got diagnosed with a serious illness, do you think your doctor would be more honest about your future if YOU were a doctor too? Depending on how cynical you are, the answer may surprise you!
How do I know I'm signing up with a good hospice?
Instead of letting another Halloween pass by where we poke fun at death and dying with costumes and candy, what if we took the opportunity to embrace our mortality and actually talk about what matters the most to us in the end?
Telling your doctors to “Do everything” means DO EVERYTHING, right? Well… maybe not!
There is so much misinformation about hospice care out there. This is a post to clear up a few of the more common misconceptions so you can be the best advocate you can be.
Let's talk about what palliative care REALLY is - and how it can help you right now!