Dr. Robinson-Lane Will Speak to Community Building
As America’s health care system confronts its history of inequity and bias at all levels, the Shiley Haynes Institute’s upcoming Annual Symposium will offer attendees an opportunity to explore these...
View ArticleDr. Robinson’s Pre-Conference Workshop and the Four “Core Spheres” of Nursing
When she was studying to become a nurse, Katie Robinson, PhD, RN-BC, CHPN, didn’t know what kind of nursing she wanted to practice. “I went through all the iterations, starting with labor and delivery...
View Article2023 Symposium Highlights Communication, Caregivers, and Changing Healthcare...
During COVID-19, I began doing family ancestry research. I spent many memorable days talking with my 88-year-old mother about her life as a young girl during the Depression, including the kind of...
View ArticleCommunicating to the Public About Hospice and Palliative Care
Misconceptions abound about serious illness care and it is especially difficult to sort out distinctions between hospice versus palliative care. The depth of public misunderstanding about these...
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Palliative Care and Personal Connection: Call Me by My Name
It was 1996. My husband, Sean, and I had just returned with our two young sons to Southern California so that I could take a tenure-track position at California State University San Marcos. We had...
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Can You See Me?
Dr. Sharon Hamill As individuals and organizations committed to palliative care education and services, we know that there is a great deal of misunderstanding about palliative care in our communities....
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Jerry’s Place: A Social Model Hospice
by Alyssa Erikson, PhD, RN, CNE California State University, Monterey Bay, located near the state’s central coast, is a long-term campus partner of the CSU Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care....
View ArticleHold On Tight to a Heart of Stone
The year was 1987. It was December and most people were busy hurrying from shopping to holiday parties to religious observances, preparing with great anticipation for the celebrations to come. Thoughts...
View ArticleScripps Clinical Director Wins Award for Advancing Palliative Care
A clinical director of palliative medicine and leader in the growth of palliative care in San Diego has been named the 2023 recipient of the Doris A. Howell Award for Advancing Palliative Care,...
View ArticlePalliative Care Education Changes Everything
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the monthly meeting of the Riverside County Medical Association about the state of palliative care education and the need for more crucial conversations about...
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