Annual Assembly

Roshi Joan Halifax is no longer afraid of getting what the dying have because she has recognized she’s already got it. We are all mortal. Both as a Zen priest and medical anthropologist she has paid 40 years of close attention to the marginalized position of the dying. At Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe … Read moreCompassionate and Mindful End-of-life Care: A Relational-Contemplative Approach for Clinicians

Julie Bruno, AAHPM Director of Education, started the morning plenary session with a reminder that “life happens” at preconference workshops just as it does in real life, so one of the session speakers had to attend to a family health matter. The schedule was therefore rearranged a bit to provide the two remaining faculty time … Read moreHospice Medical Director Course: A seamless Presentation of Material

This is a belated entry – I couldn’t get in to post last night, but still wanted everyone to know about the great action in the AAHPM exhibit hall! It’s 9:20 and I’m just returning to my hotel room after a long and exciting day at the AAHPM Annual Assembly. I missed the pre-conferences but … Read moreExhibit Hall Action

In looking at the gifts we have been given that we have not opened yet in our everyday activities and practices, it is good to still ponder with awareness that there is something else possible. In doing so I had not thought about bringing in the meditative practice not only for myself but for my … Read moreContemplative Interventions

How would you triage patients to get life-saving care or not in a lethal epidemic? What kind of care would your hospice patients continue to get? What is the role of the HPM specialist in a mass casualty event? Come to Room 309 at 12:15 today for Pandemic Palliative Care: Time to Plan. See you … Read moreTriaged to “comfort care only” in a pandemic means…?

Henry the County Extension Agent was making the rounds of the feed stores when he ran into one of the local ranchers he hadn’t seen in a while. “Say, Jake,” he said, “I’m hosting a seminar next week over at the Grange and one of the experts from down at the University is coming in … Read morePreconference Workshop – Challenging Medication Management Issues at the End of Life

I was very pleased that registration this morning was organized, efficient, and fast. I arrived at the registration area of the conference center around 7:45am (I may have slowed my stroll through the mall that is attached to the conference center for some window shopping prior to arrival). There was a line of about 25 … Read moreRegistration: Wednesday, March 3, 2010