Commentary

THE ASSISTED SUICIDE DEBATE

The issue of assisted suicide has increasingly been raised for anyone involved in end-of-life care.  There are certain medical policies in place in my state of Massachusetts, which does not…Read More

Press Releases

Actors, cameras take over Heywood Hospital space for a TV pilot on one doctor’s cause: caring for patients in their final days

by Peter Jasinski, pjasinski@sentinelandenterprise.com

GARDNER — If you visited a corner of Heywood Hospital’s third floor at some point in the last two weeks, there’s a good chance that the people you saw walking…Read More

Commentary

THE DNR-DNI CONTROVERSY

One of the big end-of-life care issues is the DNR/DNI or “do not resuscitate/do not intubate” controversy.   This issue comes up, because normally in an emergency life-threatening situation, the…Read More

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WHAT TO DO WHEN THE PATIENT WANTS ONE THING AND HIS FAMILY WANTS ANOTHER

In At Death’s Door, I didn’t discuss some of the legal complications, because some of these issues are too complicated.  So here I wanted to discuss some of these subjects,…Read More

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COUNTERING THE POPULAR STEREOTYPE OF THE END-OF-LIFE CARE DOCTOR

In At Death’s Door, I have described what it’s really like to be an end-of-life care doctor.  This is very different than the image presented in the films and on…Read More

Press Releases

Chelmsford Doctor’s Story Being Filmed in Gardner

“At Death’s Door: End of Life Stories from the Bedside,” was written by Dr. Sebastian Sepulveda of Chelmsford. By Nate Homan, Patch Staff “Death’s Door,” a T.V. show based on…Read More