Patients, Progress, and Profits
What does it look like when patients are pitted against profits at the end of life?
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Mayhem, Miracles, and Meaning – Finding Humanity in Modern Medicine’s High-Tech End-of-Life Ritual
Baltimore, MD – Those who have been up close for CPR know both the power, relief, and the anguish that can come along with a procedure that sometimes delivers incredible results but always carries tremendous significance for patients and families. While CPR used in the right context saves lives, CPR was never intended to reverse […]
Read More Mayhem, Miracles, and Meaning – Finding Humanity in Modern Medicine’s High-Tech End-of-Life RitualMapping the end . . .
For years, doctors have been encouraging patients to plan ahead for the end of their lives. Unfortunately, even the best laid plans don’t always match the realities we face when our time grows short. People change their minds, values shift, and sometimes serious illness doesn’t look like what someone imagined. Despite the twists and turns […]
Read More Mapping the end . . .Finding Humanity in Medicine’s High-Tech Death Ritual…
Durham, NC – My latest graphic medicine piece was published last week, and I’m grateful to Topic magazine for giving this story a platform. I tried hard to capture the pain and grit of one of the hard decisions that patients and doctors are forced to make in the midst of life-threatening illness. While I believe strongly […]
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The Ink Vessel 