Patient Abuse Hurts Health Providers too . . .

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National Healthcare Decisions Day Conference April 16 at OUHSC College of Nursing was great success with 122 attendees.

Your Right to Decide: Oklahoma's Advance Directive & Other Health Care Planning Tools Consumer's Guide
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Another new resource for consumers and providers

Calm Waters is a support center for children whose lives have been changed by death or divorce

A Place to Turn When a Newborn Is Fated to Die
By NEELA BANERJEE
Families whose babies suffer from fatal conditions are turning to specialized hospice programs for help.
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Building on the vision of the Office of Attorney General, the recommendation of the task force, and the leadership of Dr. Carole Kenner at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, the resource center is provided for both health professionals and consumers. more

Palliative care is not restricted to those who are dying. It is not focused on curing the disease but provides medical treatment directed to the physicall, spiritual and psychological needs of patients and those who care for them. Palliative care should be available to both adults and children early in the course of any medical treatment, and particularly in treatment of serious, chronic illness.

The Institute of Medicine (1997) defined palliative care as care which “seeks to prevent, relieve, reduce, or soothe the symptoms of disease or disorder without affecting a cure. more