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Mind Blown x2
(7/11/2024) 
On August 7 (9AM to 1PM) the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California is hosting a virtual miniconference on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies in Palliative Care: Emerging Practice and Policy. This event was inspired ...
Mind Blown x2


The Humane Hospice Prison Project
(5/2/2024) 
At nearly every presentation we give to the public, our team here at the Humane Prison Hospice Project consistently hears the following phrase: “I’ve never thought about hospice in prisons.” We’re never surprised to hear this. . . .
The Humane Hospice Prison Project


Mind Blown x2
(7/11/2024) 
On August 7 (9AM to 1PM) the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California is hosting a virtual miniconference on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies in Palliative Care: Emerging Practice and Policy. This event was inspired ...
Mind Blown x2


The Humane Hospice Prison Project
(5/2/2024) 
At nearly every presentation we give to the public, our team here at the Humane Prison Hospice Project consistently hears the following phrase: “I’ve never thought about hospice in prisons.” We’re never surprised to hear this. . . .
The Humane Hospice Prison Project


May Flowers and My Crazy-Great-Aunt Margot
(5/2/2024) 
May is the month of Mother’s Day, academic graduations, and – of course – flowers after April showers. It is also Mental Health Awareness Month, designated by an appropriately springy green ribbon. In my hometown, decades ago...
May Flowers and My Crazy-Great-Aunt Margot


Here We Are Together
(3/28/2024) 
Thoughts on some of the difficult but courageous conversations we encounter in the face of serious illness.
Here We Are Together