HFA is focusing its 2010 initiative on Cancer and End-of-Life Care. The terminology surrounding cancer care will be just one subject this year's national teleconference will touch upon.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Another View on Language Matters
We've posted about language matters before, here (do not resuscitate vs. allow natural death) and here (supportive care vs. palliative care.) Last week, the relatively new blog GeriPal (a geriatrics and palliative care blog) dug in to the subject of the language that surrounds a cancer diagnosis and death with this post, "A Rant on Terminology."
