Category / Healthcare / Palliative Care
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The secret to life
From “Hear Me Now”: Dr. Ira Byock, founder and chief medical officer of the Providence Institute for Human Caring, and Dr. BJ Miller, a palliative care physician at UCSF Medical Center, share thoughts…
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I call this a gift
From “Hear Me Now”: James Raspe, an outdoors enthusiast and a patient at Providence, shares with Chaplain Stephanie Ryu how his struggle with renal failure has given him the gift of empathy and…
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Cancer – best thing that ever happened to me
From “Hear Me Now”: Providence’s Tue Nguyen shares with mentor Jennifer Kozakowski how his bout with tongue cancer taught him to savor life and cherish what matters most.
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Encountering Eddie Van Halen
From “Hear Me Now”: Providence’s Mike Drummond talks with film composer Roger Neill about their departed friend, Eric, and his unreal encounter with rock guitar legend Eddie Van Halen.
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You had a heart transplant?
From “Hear Me Now”: Pat Aidem’s husband, Richard, received a donated heart from a 20-year-old. Richard tells the story of meeting the young man’s mother one day, and how she wanted to listen…
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The hardest conversation I’ve ever had
From “Hear Me Now”: Mary Kingston, chief executive of Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Centers in Torrance and San Pedro in Southern California, shares with Michael Jongsma, chief nursing officer, the anguish…
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How can you take care of dying children?
From “Hear Me Now”: Dr. Glen Komatsu, CMO of Providence TrinityCare Hospice & Regional Palliative Care, reflects on the clinical skill and emotional resilience required to care for dying children. He shares the…
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Touch becomes sacred
From “Hear Me Now”: Ahmed Pierstorff is a Muslim, and social touch of the opposite sex is prohibited. Yet, his job as a registered nurse often necessitates physical contact with the opposite sex.…
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A nurse goes in for open-heart surgery
From “Hear Me Now”: Lindsey Burrell and her mother, Julie Baker, both ICU nurses at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., talk about Lindsey’s recent open heart surgery and…
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Lungs filled with tumors, hearts filled with love
From “Hear Me Now”: Days before his mother’s birthday, Bryce Fisher, then 21-years old, received heartbreaking news that he had a rare form of cancer. He and his mother, Nancy, sit down to…
