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Month: May 2022

How the Irish Teach Us to Die
Posted on May 23, 2022June 24, 2022

How the Irish Teach Us to Die

By Kevin Toolis You never forget your first corpse, do you? Cold. Silent. Lying there indifferent to the world and all its myriad responsibilities. Unless, of course, you never get to meet one as is increasingly common in the States where the dead have been banished from our sight. Instinctively in the United States we … Continue reading How the Irish Teach Us to Die

Posted on May 10, 2022May 12, 2022

Palliative Chemotherapy: An Oxymoron

I have been on vacation attending my newest granddaughter’s birth these past two weeks. I am taking a shortcut this week by submitting a previously published piece I wrote several years ago on Pallimed. It was well received and published in Medscape. By writing this blog, I did not garner any favor from my oncologist … Continue reading Palliative Chemotherapy: An Oxymoron

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  • The Story of Louie and Tony: an unexpected miracle
  • The Thin Line Between Hope and Faith in Oncology
  • The Great Divide: The Schism Between Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care
  • The Death Rattle: A natural sign of impending death
  • A Problem with Death Doula Training

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