Pediatrician, promoter of empathy, humanism in medicine, nonviolent conflict resolution, sustainable agriculture. Tweets are my own, not my employer’s.
@courtghoward@yassentch In palliative care we call this advance care planning. Very few people will have tough conversations, think about scary things, or make difficult trade-offs; even when personal mortality or increased suffering are likely outcomes. But at the end of the day, hope is not a plan.
As an @TheEconomist subscriber whose home territory is on fire, I expect better than 👇🏻
If you think GDP growth can absolutely decouple from all planetary boundaries (not just carbon) fast enough to avoid ecological collapse-show us data. @KateRaworth
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Twitter, I am SO excited to introduce you to Shared Space Coaching, an incredible place for #healthcare professionals to get the support they need.
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.@TheLancet has said since 2009 that #climatechange is the greatest health threat of the 21st century.
Glad to see this issue finally getting the attention required for us to make & execute a plan to protect health & health systems through an era of ecological crisis.
Almost 27 percent of disabled people live in poverty, nearly twice the rate of the general population. Even in the best of times, disabled people are struggling to feed themselves. https://t.co/pnFIl4qRtU
Very proud to announce a new creative project in collaboration with some wonderful PPC colleagues:
https://t.co/iHrEzQAqZo
Please check it out, provide feedback, and share widely!
#pedpc#hapc23#creativity#solace
Does practicing pediatric palliation promote positive parenting? Does parenthood put palliative practitioners in a preferable position?
Hear Dan and Sarah ponder these puzzles in palaver with Jessica Casas, @DanielMahoneyMD, and @PalliativClaire on https://t.co/26xAFClBr9!