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Thriving in Scrubs: How Much Time Do I Have, Doctor? Fictional accounts of medical encounters often feature the conversation when a patient asks their doctor to predict the outcome of their disease. Doctors in real life have to answer these questions, too, but without the benefit of a pre-written script. Thinking about prognostication means trying to answer difficult questions, but more importantly trying to get to the heart of what the patient may really be wondering. It’s about trying to connect with the heart of what patients need in times of uncertainty about their health. It’s also about understanding how these conversations affect us doctors as people who struggle with some of the same questions ourselves.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinOctober 30, 2019Topics: Burnout / Communication / Death&Dying / Empathy&Sympathy / Grief / Illness & Disability / LossKeywords: death / dying

A birth plan for dying Hanna Neuschwander grapples with ending a wanted pregnancy, and finds that “right” or “wrong” fail to describe the moral reckoning.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 1, 2018Topics: Death&Dying / Grief / Loss / PerspectiveKeywords: birth / death / loss

Dying Well Is there a way to talk about death candidly, without fear ... and even with humor? How can we best prepare for it with those we love? This hour, TED speakers explore the beauty of life ... and death. When you click on the link, you can see all the little segments or listen to the whole thing. It's lovely.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 1, 2018Topics: Death&Dying / Loss / Provider-Patient RelationshipKeywords: death / dying / loss / restoration / sadness

What happens when a patient says, "Doc, help me die." Mercy, compassion - does this fade at the end of life? Does ending a life conflict with our values as physicians? Read for one physician's perspective.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoApril 2, 2018Topics: Compassion Fatigue / Death&Dying / Grief / Guilt & Shame / Loss / Provider-Patient Relationship / ReactionKeywords: compassion / death / dying / perspective / reaction

Why Doctor's Kill Themselves

Contributor: Francesca CiminoJanuary 28, 2018Topics: Burnout / Compassion Fatigue / Death&Dying / Guilt & Shame / LossKeywords: burnout / death / suicide

How Doctors Die a look at how - and why - doctors often choose differently from their patients when making decisions about their own deaths.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoNovember 20, 2017Topics: Death&Dying / Loss / Personal Context / PerspectiveKeywords: death / dying

The Case that Shook Medicine Libby Zion's death created a whirlwind of change that translated into looking at how doctors are trained, what kind of hours they keep, and how that translates into patient safety. This is the original story.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 31, 2017Topics: Burnout / Compassion Fatigue / Death&Dying / Guilt & Shame / Loss / Mistakes / Perspective / Provider-Patient RelationshipKeywords: mistakes / patient safety / perspective

Can Doctors See Beyond Patients' Weight? A sibling shares his account of his sister's weight loss, the commentary and judgment that accompanied it, and the terrible outcome of its aftermath.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 19, 2017Topics: Compassion Fatigue / Empathy&Sympathy / Illness & Disability / Loss / Mistakes / Obesity/Weight / Perspective / Provider-Patient RelationshipKeywords: bias / illness / obesity / weight loss

"Shooting Ghosts" - confronting the invisible injuries of war After Marine Sgt. Thomas ("TJ") Brennan was hit by the blast from a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan in 2010, he suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him unable to recall much of his immediate past — including, at times, the name of his own daughter...

Contributor: Francesca CiminoSeptember 4, 2017Topics: Illness & Disability / Loss / Personal Context / PerspectiveKeywords: injury / war

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