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Several weeks ago,  Pope Francis, who is rapidly becoming my favorite pontiff, delivered a not-so-cheery Christmas message to the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.  The Pope’s address was [...]

I have been observing some wonderful physicians and nurses and others at the VA facility at Fort Miley in San Francisco.  The VA’s commitment to appropriate, non-torturous end-of-life care [...]

Just did this oped on one of the biggest stories of 2014 and why it is so unbalanced.  It has run in a number of newspapers across the country.  This […]

In the October issue of The Atlantic, physician and medical ethicist Ezekiel (Zeke) Emanuel, brother of Rahm Emanuel (former official in the Clinton White House, then Congressman, then Chief of [...]