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October 5, 2022: Dale Borglum on Spiritual Healing
Dale Borglum, PhD, of the Living/Dying Project spoke with the San Francisco Bay Area Network on End-of-Life Care on October 5, 2022. His talk covered the qualities of body, mind and heart that will enable us to find healing when life is most challenging for us and for those we care for. What practices will awaken these qualities in us?
August 3, 2022: End of Life Policy with Judy Thomas
Judy Thomas, JD, is CEO of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC), a statewide partnership of healthcare providers, nonprofit organizations and associations, state agencies, and individuals working to ensure all seriously ill Californians receive quality, compassionate care. CCCC brings together multiple organizations, often with divergent interests, to develop, implement, and promote improved healthcare practices and standards across the continuum of care. CCCC also has national impact on transforming the culture of care for people who are seriously ill through advancing the cause of palliative care in America. On August 3, 2022, the San Francisco Bay Area Network on End of Life Care (SFEOL) hosted an open question and answer session with those in attendance. Judy gave us her thoughts on topics such as the status of Advance Care Planning as a strategy to improve those at the end of life, the role of psychedelics in improving end of life care, and the role local networks like ours can take in effectuating California’s Master Plan on Aging.
September 7, 2022: Diane Shrader Smith: Cystic Fibrosis
SFEOL Meeting September 7, 2022. For our September 7, 2022, meeting, we welcome Diane Shader Smith. Diane is a writer and cystic fibrosis advocate whose daughter, Mallory Smith, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) when she was three years old. From age nine to her death at the age of twenty-five, Mallory kept comprehensive diaries, recounting her chronic illness, her relationships, and her determination to speak out about her experience. Diane Shader Smith now speaks out about CF, especially about the patient experience and the critical role parents play in treating a child with chronic illness. Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life is a compilation of Mallory Smith’s diary entries, edited by her mother and published posthumously. This extraordinary memoir is a snapshot of coming of age, an intimate portrait of a young woman living her life, struggling with who she is, what she hopes to accomplish, and what she fears. Despite the daily challenges of endless medical treatments and an understanding that her illness would keep her from leading a normal life, Mallory wrote with a determination and spirit that shine through the pages. In her words, “I am limited in what I can do, but not in what I can say.” Mallory chronicled her many hospital visits and the medical insights she gleaned, along with her relationships with family and friends and her hopes and desires for herself and the world. With this presentation, Diane Shader Smith provides a portrait of a brave young woman navigating normal adolescent and young adult experiences, set against the backdrop of a chronic illness. Salt in My Soul was recently optioned for production by the Oscar-nominated directors who were responsible for two groundbreaking documentaries, The Invisible War and The Hunting Ground.
February 2, 2022: Palliative Care Advances & Reflections
Palliative Care Advances & Reflections, a talk with SFMMS Past-President, Monique Schaulis, MD and authors from the SFM Medicine Journal. SFEOL Meeting, February 2, 2022 San Francisco Marin Medical Society (SFMMS) past-President Monique Schaulis MD, an emergency and palliative medicine specialist, joined the San Francisco End-Of-Life Network (SFEOL) for an hourlong discussion on palliative care and the recent theme issue on that topic of the SFMMS journal. The session begins with a dialog with the SFMMS’ own Steve Heilig, who co-founded the SFEOL at the SFMMS over two decades ago. They are then joined by four other authors of articles in the journal issue. It is an informative, wide-ranging, and warm conversation that we believe many will enjoy and learn from.
June 3, 2015: Truth-Telling in Medicine
Dawn M. Gross MD, PhD