CRNPandACHPN

Holy crap! I worked at Christiana for 11 years. Great hospital. It has been a long time since I worked there. I started at a crap hospital in Maryland and then went north to Christiana. I give that hospital credit for saving my early career. I remember the name Dr. Goodill and recognize him when I look him up. I worked critical care and then ER research before the palliative team was created there. I worked with him in the ICU.
Really small world.

Kyle, Thanks for making this post and bring attention to the things we often struggle to address. In many ways end of life care and the dying process are taboo topics in our society. I work in a palliative medicine consult service and we spend a great deal of time helping patients and families pull together complex health information and make some sense of it. Folks are better able to navigate tough decision when they understand things and feel free to bring their values to the surface.

Was palliative care part of your mom's cancer care team? (This is different than hospice)

If you are interested, I wrote a book about my journey into palliative care as a way to inform others and share skills in navigating tough conversations. I do it through story telling with honesty and a mix of pragmatic humor. The book is "Speaking Human: A Journey in Palliative Medicine"