Clearity’s Perspective: As this article highlights, it is important to know that you can bring up questions or concerns related to your prognosis with someone on your care team. Instead of waiting for the doctor to bring this topic up, … Read more
Danielle Peterson, Clearity’s Director of Education, talks with End-of-Life Doula, Vanessa Johnson, about planning for end-of-life, considerations for a ‘good death,’ and how she compassionately meets individuals and families at the end of life.
Danielle: Vanessa Johnston, thank you … Read more
by Barbra Williams Cosentino
If your doctor said, “I’m very sorry, but your cancer is terminal,” you’d obviously be devastated. What if she then added, “The prognosis is that you have about six months left, but with treatments we can … Read more
by Stephen “Fred” Divers, MD, Chief Medical Officer & Julia Frydman, MD, Medical Director for Palliative Care
“I wish we had done this sooner.” This is something that we hear a lot from our patients and their families when they … Read more
By Sharon Worcester, MA
CHICAGO — Carlos, a 21-year-old, lay in a hospital bed, barely clinging to life. Following a stem cell transplant for leukemia, Carlos had developed a life-threatening case of graft-vs-host disease.
But Carlos’ mother had faith.
“I … Read more
Clearity’s Perspective: Clearity knows that making decisions about continuing treatment when facing advanced ovarian cancer is complicated. Given the difficulty of these decisions, this article suggests having goals-of-care conversations with your medical providers when deciding whether or not to continue … Read more
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by Jennifer Byrne
A new clinical practice guideline jointly published by ASCO and Society for Integrative Oncology addresses the potential role of integrative pain management techniques in management of cancer-related pain in adults.
“Patients with cancer, as well as cancer … Read more
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
Photo: Diagnosed with terminal metastatic breast cancer, Tori Geib started seeing a palliative care coach in Columbus, Ohio. She says the treatment helped improve the quality of her life. (Matt Vojacek)
When Tori Geib learned she … Read more
