Here’s an interesting blog post from Marti Hand, RN, Artist, Advocate for creativity and the arts in healthcare. It is [her] belief that medical treament is fully effective only when the whole person is being treated - body, mind, spirit, emotions.

She writes about a study that showed that patients who rely heavily on their religious faith were 3 times more likely to want intensive, invasive medical procedures like cpr when their hearts stop or being connected to a ventilator (breathing machine). They also made fewer preparations for death, such as living wills, giving someone power of attorney, or filling out a “do not resuscitate” forms.

I am 20 years old, and I have been talking to a guy for a few months. We became great friends, and he has recently told me that he has strong feelings for me…

Terminally ill patients and their family caregivers often feel abandoned by their doctors and feel a sense of “unfinished business” with them, according to a new study by an oncologist at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

My doctor would want me to expect, even demand, to be well — and that’s what I want, too. But I am afraid. Afraid to believe in something so ephemeral as remission, reluctant to trust this coquettish sweetness called normalcy

Jeff Probst, the KING of reality programming, has put together a show that will take terminally ill people and “take them on the last adventure of their life”. CBS picked up ‘Live Like You’re Dying, and has yet to choose a start date to launch it.

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