When working in the hospital, there comes a time for many of your patients where the transition to palliative care is possible or even necessary. While on the wards, I have been part of the care of several patients that were in the process of being transferred to hospice care. It isn’t easy making these […]
Parallel Chart 2: Ben’s Dilemma
The halls of the 10th floor were busy as usual. Employees running around frantically trying to see all of their patients before morning rounding begins. Alarms, monitors, pagers, various machines all sounding simultaneously providing that ambient noise that we are all so used to hearing. As I approached Ben’s room for probably the 5th time […]
Hospice?
While making my rounds through internal medicine I noticed a common theme emulating from various departments. Many patients who could no longer care for themselves were being referred to hospice care if they met the proper criteria. I thought I would take a moment to discuss what hospice really entails because it seems like it […]
