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Sounding Board - Death and Dignity - A Case of Individualized Decision Making by Timothy E. Quill, M.D. A doctor’s reflection on how to get to know one’s patient, how to respond to the impending loss of a patient and how to assist a patient in their attempt to die on their own terms.

Topics: Death&Dying / LossKeywords: choice / dignity / doubt / impending / loss / relationship / uncertain

Letting Go by Atul Gawande, M.D. What should healthcare do when it can’t save your life?

Topics: Death&Dying / LossKeywords: death / decisions / definition / emotion / experience / loss / tradition

Hospitals and Families Still Struggle to Define Death by Maanvi Singh Death seems to be one of life’s few certainties...or is it? In this narrative, Maanvi Singh tells the story of the conflict surrounding a 13-year old girl and a 33 year old woman, both kept on life support while legally dead.

Topics: Death&Dying / LossKeywords: concept / conflict / death / definition / doctor / end / explanation / family / hospital / life / loss

Reflecting on DNR/DNI After Being a Code Team Leader by Robert Glass, MD Dr. Pho’ s reflection on talking to patients about DNR/DNI, his reactions to the passing of his patients and the means by which his patients die.

Topics: Death&Dying / LossKeywords: conversation / death / duty / loss / palliative care / role

Dying for the First Time by Jesse Kane, MS III Sackler SOM A medical student’s reflection on the first patient he watched die - a story of observing a Code run in the hospital. Brief and poignant.

Topics: Death&Dying / LossKeywords: death / emotion / family / loss / patient / student

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