The Role of Palliative care in Stroke
Stroke can cause visual problems, physical weakness, difficulty swallowing, difficulty with communication and behavorial /emotional problems.
Palliative care helps navigate this journey from hospital to home, and sometimes, to end-of-life care
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Miller & Marin Algorithm
Assessing decision-making capacity is a critical part of patient-centered care. The Miller & Marine algorithm helps clinicians evaluate whether a patient can communicate choices, understand consequences, apply personal values, reason logically, and maintain decision stability.
Hope & Truth-Telling in Serious Illness
In palliative care ,and in medicine in general, one of the hardest things we do is share difficult news.
I’ve never liked the phrase “breaking bad news.” It feels too final, too sharp. What really happens is not about breaking, it’s about walking alongside someone, from the moment of diagnosis, through their journey, and ensuring they are supported with compassion, honesty, and presence.
Cumulative Loss: The Hidden Weight Healthcare Providers Carry
Cumulative loss, or cumulative grief, is what happens when each new loss compounds the weight of previous ones. For those of us working in ICUs, emergency departments, and oncology units ,this accumulation often becomes part of our daily emotional landscape.