Imagining conversations with patients who have died helps to remember and honor them Source: yacobchuk/iPhoto This has happened before: A young patient I’ve worked with for a long time in ...

Emergency departments (EDs) manage uncertainty, and in pediatrics, uncertainty is amplified by variable developmental physiology, limited verbal communication, and the emotional weight of caregiver ...

Clinicians are essential to dying patients. They can allay fears, minimize pain and suffering, and help patients and their families feel supported as they move through the dying and grief processes.

The University of Chicago Medical Center’s controversial policy of redirecting ED patients with routine medical conditions into lower-cost clinics and community hospitals has been a success, according ...

Patients with serious illness may gradually develop a form of “double awareness” — the ability to hold hope for continued ...