by celia | Feb 27, 2013 | healthcare professionals, patients
Poet Emily Dickinson called death “the only One You cannot find out all about.” While modern medical education is very good at teaching the technical aspects of diagnosis and treatment, there are equally important aspects of patient care—namely, real patients’ lived... by celia | Feb 21, 2013 | healthcare professionals, patients
“There’s almost always, in every medical circumstance, one more thing we can try,” says Dr. Julie Bynum. But less often do we talk openly about whether it’s worth trying. Dr. Bynum is a gerontologist at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and...