CTAC held its National Summit on Advanced Illness Care on Jan. 29-30 at the National Academy of Sciences. The summit name in and of itself doesn’t say much, but the twitterfeed piqued my interest. CTAC2013 focused primarily on ways to improve the quality of care we provide towards the end of life. To visit their […]
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Symposium on Palliative Care in the ED
Now, back to business after a prolonged absence due to personal circumstances. Hopefully someone is still visiting… 😉 Since they don’t have a website yet, just wanted to post a flyer here about the upcoming 1st Annual Symposium on Palliative care in the Emergency Department to be held February 6th at the North Shore University Hospital in […]
#ASBH12 Storified – Part 2
[View the story “Memorable Tweets of #ASBH12, Part 2 ” on Storify]
An Ethical Framework for Futility, per @Apathetic_cynic
“Futile Care = Benevolent Malfeasance” By @Apathetic_Cynic
#ASBH12 From Afar
Another week, another conference. The annual meeting of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities started yesterday in Washington DC (btw, student membership is only $30). This is another of those excellent meetings that I wish I could attend, but unfortunately will have to miss this year. Luckily, Twitter is seeing a wave of #ASBH12 […]