Enlarge this image Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider (right) interviews comedian Tig Notaro about drawing humor from her breast cancer diagnosis. Ungerleider is the…
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Medicare tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it
by Dan Gorenstein April 13, 2023Enlarge this image Hospice provides vital end-of-life support and palliative care to terminally ill patients. But it’s costing Medicare billions. A new…
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As she nursed her mom through cancer and dementia, a tense relationship began to heal
by Max Posner January 8, 2023Enlarge this image Audrey Grinker receives a visit from her doctor after friends found her on the floor of her apartment, she…
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Enlarge this image Palliative care is a growing specialty that provides comfort care and that teaches patients and doctors how to talk…
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How Working On Christmas Became A Privilege For 2 Young Doctors
by John Henning Schumann December 25, 2018Enlarge this image Katherine Streeter for NPR Katherine Streeter for NPR In what has become a holiday tradition for Shots, we’re encoring…
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Enlarge this image Maxine Stanich celebrated her 90th birthday with friends and family in 2010, more than two years after her implanted…
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Reverberations Of War Complicate Vietnam Veterans’ End-Of-Life Care
by April Dembosky December 16, 2017Enlarge this image Ron Fleming, who served as a door gunner on helicopters in the Vietnam War, was admitted to the veterans…
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This Thanksgiving, Carve Out Time To Talk About End-Of-Life Wishes
by JoNel Aleccia November 22, 2017Enlarge this image Katherine Streeter for NPR Katherine Streeter for NPR Shots – Health News Videos On End-Of-Life Choices Ease Tough Conversation…