Why states without a “POLST” are functioning as defacto “death panels” by...
I sat in silence wrestling with myself, shifting in my seat, as my husband drove down the road. He pointed out some beautiful fall foliage. I looked at the trees but could not appreciate the scenery...
View ArticleJumping for Joy in the ER: When patients have clear advance directives by...
Ok, so the ER is not the place where you can usually find ER doctors jumping for joy, but certainly stranger things have happened there…so, why not? I had just started my afternoon shift in the area...
View Article#YOLO and #YODO! by Monica Williams-Murphy, MD
I recently got back from an exciting vacation which included zip-lining and whitewater rafting. Repeatedly during this trip, my oldest daughter and I would encourage each other with the trendy term...
View ArticleOne Hospitalist’s Surprising Advance Directive by Monica Williams-Murphy, MD
I love hospitalists, they are some of my favorite people. Like me, they come into the hospital and work their butts off for 10-12 hours with very little food or water. We are essentially kinfolk, and...
View ArticleNot excited about advance care planning? Here are 8 unorthodox reasons you...
By now you’ve surely heard that Medicare is going to pay doctors and other qualified healthcare providers for advance care planning with patients in 2016. Aren’t you excited?!? Ok, so if you are not...
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