It feels as though I’m traveling further and further into a cave that’s getting darker and narrower, and there’s no way to go back. Patients with terminal illness express existential suffering... Read More

In the middle of last century, British psychiatrist John Hinton documented the medical deficiencies in end-of-life care: “We emerge deserving of little credit, we who are capable of ignoring the... Read More

Communication, an essential part of all clinical practice, involves particular challenges and rewards when patients are facing life-limiting illness. These interactions are not usually restricted to... Read More

Simulation-based training has been defined as the use of “a person, device, or set of conditions…to present evaluation problems authentically. The simulation participant is required to respond to the... Read More

Health care providers are often immobilized when presented with patients who have both serious physical illnesses and mental disorders, and who deny that they are ill. In these cases health care... Read More