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MOLST: A New Approach for End-of-Life Care
An estimated 75 percent of patients will be unable to make some of their own medical decisions at the end of their lives. More physicians and clinicians are now finding that advanced directives and...
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MOLST Expands End-of-Life Planning for Physicians, Patients
Too often, palliative care experts say, physicians are unable to carry out their patients end-of life wishes because they were contained in a document that was incomplete, too vague, not legally...
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Board of Medicine Moves to Require CME Credits in Pain Management and End of...
We learned today that the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine is notifying physicians by email that effective Feb. 1, it will require continuing medical education (CME) credits on two...
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Five Ways You Can Meet the State’s New CME Licensing Requirements
The state Board of Registration in Medicine notified physicians this week of new regulations that require them to complete CME courses in pain management and end of life care during the license renewal...
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Lahey Clinic Medical Ethics Lecture Series: The Arguments Against Question 2
This week, MMS President Richard V. Aghababian, MD, spoke at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, presenting the MMS position against the physician-assisted suicide referendum on the Massachusetts ballot....
View ArticleAugust Physician Focus: Advance Care Planning
Physicians are increasingly recognizing the importance of advance care planning – preparation for the end-of-life – and as the subject gains more public attention, more patients are being motivated to...
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