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Palliative Care
Spring 2019, Issue #95

by Renate Varriale, RN

The questions around how we care for our elders are many, and they grow more urgent as the number of retirees and their need for care increase dramatically each year.

In his recent acclaimed book, Being Mortal, Atul Gawande, MD, takes a sober look at aging and death in our society and the harms we do in turning these into medical problems rather than accepting aging as a natural part of life. He explores the caring intent, improvements and failings of nursing homes and large assisted living facilities, to provide a life of worth, privacy, and freedom, along with sufficient services.

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The Growing Trend of Mistletoe Therapy as an Integral Part of Individualized Integrative Cancer Care: New mistletoe options and the emerging role of Helleborus niger

by Steven M Johnson, DO

The global occurrence of cancer is still increasing and is the leading cause of death in Western countries. For two decades now about half of all cancer patients in North America and Europe have used some form of integrative cancer care (ICC). Viscum album (mistletoe) remains the most studied and prescribed medicine within integrative medicine in the Western World. Mistletoe was first introduced in the 1920s by Dr. Rudolf Steiner, has been and further researched within anthroposophic clinics across Europe. Later studies expanded into mainstream medicine, including a current study at John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.

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SPRING 2019, ISSUE #95: EDITOR’S NOTE

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Spring 2019, Issue #95