http://www.aahpm.org/apps/blog/?p=528 Physicians caring for patients with serious illness. Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.aahpm.org/apps/blog/?p=528&cpage=1#comment-62 dmcgrew Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:15:59 +0000 http://www.awebsource.com/clients/aahpm/blog/?p=528#comment-62 Not sure what to do about the label. Ira made a great point this morning. He said that we should be identified as the advocates for life. Not sure what to do about the label. Ira made a great point this morning. He said that we should be identified as the advocates for life.

]]> http://www.aahpm.org/apps/blog/?p=528&cpage=1#comment-52 Gregg VandeKieft Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:13:42 +0000 http://www.awebsource.com/clients/aahpm/blog/?p=528#comment-52 "What's in a name" is an interesting question indeed. In the last couple of years, patients' and families' responses to the term palliative care physician have transitiond from "Palliative care, what's that?" to "Isn't that like hospice ... for people who are dying?" (For a good discussion of the terms supportive care vs. palliative care, see: http://www.pallimed.org/2009/03/supportive-vs-palliative-care-whats-in.html ) Either way, our challenge is to convey that our focus is on living and quality of life for whatever time remains, rather than a focus on death & dying. “What’s in a name” is an interesting question indeed. In the last couple of years, patients’ and families’ responses to the term palliative care physician have transitiond from “Palliative care, what’s that?” to “Isn’t that like hospice … for people who are dying?” (For a good discussion of the terms supportive care vs. palliative care, see: http://www.pallimed.org/2009/03/supportive-vs-palliative-care-whats-in.html ) Either way, our challenge is to convey that our focus is on living and quality of life for whatever time remains, rather than a focus on death & dying.

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