Author Archives: Risa Denenberg

> Today I noticed the air in Seattle. It’s soft, spongy, almost silky. As waters in different places differ to the mouth, local air has a unique sensation against the face, upon bare arms. The soothing Seattle air makes me … Continue reading →

>So is it accepted that health care reform should not include “undocumented” people living and working in America? Why not? I can’t understand any of this mess. I thought the point was not insurance reform–what a joke–but making sure that … Continue reading →

> OK you guys, any of you that read my blog: I’m doing Palliative Grand Rounds for August. See here for details. Send me those blogs that you think are remarkable, sharable, full of palliative care wisdom! Now! Do it … Continue reading →

>People ask me what Outpatient Palliative Care is. What do I do? Today was a typical day.Two of my patients are in the hospital. I’ll see them first. Then I can go to the nursing home and do my home … Continue reading →

>For Jon Marshall Greenberg, God is gracious.February 22, 1956 – July 12, 1993 Journal entry, undated, in the year of his death, 1993I have been learning, since I first opened that door, to handle spiritual reality for increasingly longer periods … Continue reading →

>Tim Cousounis at Palliative Care Success has posted the July edition of Palliative Care Grand Rounds. Go check it out! And please send me your most interesting palliative care blogs for the August edition!

>DAY 1 Preventing falls? C-PAP or tai chi? Probably not. Ice cave collapse Finding myself in the crevices/between places Where I do not belong Radio this morning: Air France jet disappears on route. Shaken-baby syndrome Blast injuries Death—it’s just the … Continue reading →

>The June edition of Palliative Care Grand Rounds is now up here, at Angela Morrow’s About.com Guide to Palliative Care. Once a month, someone hosts this interesting group of recent blogs about death, dying, hospice and palliative care. Go and … Continue reading →

> I didn’t know George Tiller, but I did know John Bayard Britton and David Gunn. The connection? All three were physicians. All three provided abortion services. And all three were murdered–that is, shot to death at point blank range–by … Continue reading →