Tag Archives: humanity

Dr Andrew Weatherall was asked to do a talk

Dr Andrew Weatherall was asked to do a talk covering things from the parent’s perspective when it’s time for bad news. Here is the bibliography. Although often I’d produce the whole talk as a post, I think the crew at Don’t Forget the Bubbles are planning on releasing a recorded version of the talk atContinue reading “Dr Andrew Weatherall was asked to do a talk”

“Doctor, am I going to die?” — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE

Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.”How to respond to an ICU patient asking if she/he is going to die”: this is the title of the article published by Margaret Isaac and J. Randall Curtis online first last September in Intensive Care Medicine, as “What´s New in Intensive Care?”.It is not easy at all to establish… viaContinue reading ““Doctor, am I going to die?” — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE”

#OnCall4Syria: A local health advocacy initiative

Since 2011, the Syrian Civil War has forced millions to flee their homeland. Over 4 million Syrians are currently seeking refuge in neighbouring countries, with an additional 7.6 million people internally displaced. The United Nations considers this the worst refugee crisis in twenty years and an adequate international response is imperative. With the newly-elected federalContinue reading “#OnCall4Syria: A local health advocacy initiative”