Health Care Unions Find a Voice in the Pandemic
Faced with the urgent need to protect nurses and other frontline workers, labor organizations are pushing hospitals to do more. More
How do you help the healers? The Emotional PPE Project covers what masks and face shields don’t
The Emotional PPE Project makes free therapy available to health care workers facing unrelenting stress. The cofounder understands firsthand the value of resilience. More
Covid-19 Surge Leaves Doctors, Nurses Reeling From Burnout
The pandemic’s longest and most deadly surge has posed risks to quality of care and left medical professionals exhausted. More
Renewed Threat of Nuclear Holocaust Requires Physician Activism
The recent abrogation of critical treaties and the aggressive development of nuclear technologies have greatly diminished the security of the entire world, and once again the threat of nuclear holocaust looms. More
Exhausted hospital chaplains bring solace to lonely, dying
Inside hospital rooms across America, where the sick are alone without family to comfort them, the grim task of offering solace falls to overworked and emotionally drained hospital chaplains who are dealing with more death than they’ve ever seen. More
Therapists Donate Their Time to Counsel Distressed Health Care Workers
This Medical News article describes organizations that have recruited therapists to offer free or discounted mental health services to health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. More
Tracking Progress on Person-Centered Care for Older Adults: How Are We Doing?
Analyzing the 2014 and 2016 Health and Retirement Study, we measure the extent to which older adults experience person-centered care, and how receipt of person-centered care affects overall health care satisfaction and service utilization. More
Even during a pandemic, hospitals must make family visits and communication the standard of care
As the nation copes with Covid-19, it sorely needs a plan to allow family visits to and communication with hospitalized loved ones. More
Doctors on social media are being cyberbullied and sexually harassed. It’s time to change that
A year ago, physicians who championed public health initiatives on social media were often harassed online. The pandemic made it worse. More
“I feel like my health is deteriorating with hers”: The struggles of caregiving and what clinicians need to know
Most Americans want to die at home, but we're not giving family caregivers the support they need to manage end-of-life care for their loved ones. More
Caring for the caregivers who feel the weight of the pandemic war
A support line allows physicians to speak about helplessness, rage, depression, anxiety, loneliness, insomnia, and — often — the uncomfortable sense that they no longer recognize themselves. More
Beyond burnout: For health care workers, this surge of Covid-19 is bringing burnover
From the latest Covid-19 surge, clinicians once more face risky, burnout-inducing work. They are frustrated this is happening again. More
Addressing Spiritual and Religious Needs in Advanced Illness
This Teachable Moment discusses the benefits of addressing patients’ spiritual and religious needs in patient care, particularly at the end of life. More
I am an emergency and critical care physician. I had COVID-19 infection twice and I’m tired.
I am tired, but each day I go to work, I continue to pour my heart, soul, and mind into my patients. Being a critical care and emergency medicine physician is a job I love. More
Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail and Histories of Native American Nursing
I first encountered Susie Yellowtail (Crow) in a July 1934 letter in which a physician on her reservation condemned her for making “selfish” requests on health workers’ time and resources. More
Interoperability: an untapped tool in America’s fight against Covid-19
Interoperability — the secure sharing of health information across platforms — can improve our response to the Covid-19 pandemic. More
‘Tired to the bone’: Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases
Overwhelmed hospitals are converting chapels, cafeterias, waiting rooms, hallways, even a parking garage into patient treatment areas. More
Death doulas help the dying meet their end with affirmation instead of anxiety
‘God wants me to do this”: San Antonio death doula on her calling to help the dying and their families prepare for death’s journey. More
Doctors Are Calling It Quits Under Stress of the Pandemic
Thousands of medical practices are closing, as doctors and nurses decide to retire early or shift to less intense jobs. More
Defending the honor of our healthcare colleagues
We are facing a tragic, threatening surge of COVID-19 cases across large parts of the nation, in the midst of a divisive election. A global pandemic is tragedy enough for any nation, but in the U.S. it has also become a political flashpoint. More