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‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience

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The Terry Schaivo story is not ours to tell, but many of those components affect end-of-life care every day. Families are not always in agreement with what’s the best plan of care. The environment in the movie from a care center perspective was exactly what you would expect to see in 2004-2005.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

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Earlier this year, it was awarded the prestigious 2023 Circle of Life Award from the American Hospital Association, which recognizes programs for their efforts in palliative and end-of-life care. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC.

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What Pastors Need to Know About Grief

Seasons Hospice

In March of 2004, my wife of 27 years and 18-year-old daughter were killed in a car wreck on the Indian Nations Turnpike in Oklahoma. Secondly, a significant death plagues you with ever-present sadness, numbness, and disorientation for a while. By that time in my ministry as a pastor, I had done dozens of funerals.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

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Lewis PhD, Beverly Schechtman and Carrie Judy “I'm present. Chou publicly acknowledged his funding from AHRQ in a presentation at AMDG's "Patient-Centered Approach to Chronic Opioid Management Conference," held on August 9, 2019 (45). Dr. Kollas has provided testimony at a 2004 Congressional Hearing on OxyContin.

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