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    Monthly Archive for: "December, 2014"

    Who Will Deliver This Papal Message Message To Our “Healthcare Curia?”

    December 30, 2014

    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 [...]

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    Hey Dr. Emanuel: you might not want to die when you're 75!

    December 17, 2014

    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 [...]

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    VA System Unfairly Maligned

    December 16, 2014

    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 […]

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    An Open Letter to Ezekiel Emanuel on Life and Death

    December 9, 2014

    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 [...]

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