“Data show that the more patients actually know, the less they want of our treatments at the end of life. A study of 230 surrogate decision makers for patients on breathing machines demonstrated that the better the quality of clinician–family… — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share Image
“Palliative care isn’t only for the dying: any patient with serious symptoms or communication needs can benefit. But for patients approaching the end of life, its offerings are often critical.” — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share Image
“I heard a compelling lecture by an African American pastor from the north side of Chicago. He opened his talk with numbers, counting up all of the hours that a God-fearing person in his parish has spent in church over the course of her life. It was a lot. Then he described what is talked about during those hours in… — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share
“When it comes to dying and the risks of a bad death, does our responsibility as doctors override cultural values? Is it ever acceptable to bypass cultural norms and expectations in an attempt to get to the human truth? While in many cultures the tradition is to work through the family rather than talk directly to the patient during the… — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share
“it makes no sense to scoop people out of the river when we could go upstream and prevent them from falling in in the first place. The ICU is not the place for these conversations to begin, and yet that is where they are often happening, if they do at all.” — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share
“Maybe, I thought, we should have protocols for a Code Pain like we do for Code Blue.” — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share Image
“Data show that the more patients actually know, the less they want of our treatments at the end of life. A study of 230… — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share Image
“Palliative care isn’t only for the dying: any patient with serious symptoms or communication needs can benefit. But for patients approaching the end of… — Jessica Nutik Zitter Copy Share Image
