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Have You Had The Conversation? Helping Loved Ones Discuss End-of-Life Preferences
January 26, 2012, 2PM–3PM (EST)
Guests: Ellen Goodman, Ira Byock, MD, Bernard "Bud" Hammes, PhD, Martha Hayward
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• Hospice and Palliative Care Council of Vermont's 21st Annual Conference
  Thursday, June 07, 2012 from 8:00am – 4:30pm
  Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, VT

Articles

• January 10, 2012: NY Times -- Interactive Tools to Assess the Likelihood of Death, by Paula Span
• January 2012: Harvard Business Review -- Die the Way You Want To: Taking charge of your last days eases everyone's burden, by Ellen Goodman
• December 12, 2011: NY Times -- When Care Is Worth It, Even if End Is Death, by Peter B. Bach, M.D.
• December 12, 2011: Washington Post -- Medicare May Penalize Hospitals that Readmit Too Many Patients, by Ranit Mishori
• December 6, 2011: Wall Street Journal: The Informed Patient -- Bigger Roles for Chaplains on Patient Medical Teams, by Laura Landro
• December 5, 2011: Los Angeles Times -- Medicare to Allow Using Its Data to Rate Doctors, Hospitals, Associated Press
• December 4, 2011: NY Times, Op-Ed -- Bring Health Care Home, by Jack Resnick
• December 2, 2011: Los Angeles Times -- Pay Ban on Donor Organs Doesn't Include Bone Marrow, Court Says, Associated Press

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