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The New
Hampshire Palliative Care Service, LLC
PO Box 1049,
Portsmouth, NH 03802 |
603-969-0815 voice |
603-436-8690 fax
Mission
To work collaboratively toward better care for those with advanced
illnesses.
Definition of Palliative Care
Interdisciplinary
care focused on the quality of life of those with advanced, complex or
terminal illnesses.
Consultation Services
For information or to request a consultation,
contact:
Dr. Patrick Clary
603-969-0815 voice
603-436-8690 fax |
Patrick Clary, MD |
About
Patrick
Clary, MD
4 Biographical
Information
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Patrick
Clary,
THE POET
Read about Patrick
Clary, MD's newly published book of poetry
Dying
For Beginners
Dr. Clary has helped care for thousands of dying
people since 1979. His poetry about this work has been published in
JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Medical
Humanities and other periodicals. Dying for Beginners, his
second book of poetry, is available at bookstores and on the web.
Read excerpts HERE.
To read Jack Coulehan's June 2010 review
of Dying for Beginners: please click here
http://www.litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?action=view&annid=13222
"Pharmacologic
Pearls in End
of Life Care"
by Patrick Clary and
Phil Lawson.
Read
complete article here.
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Current
Presentations and Teaching In
addition to his Consultation Practice in Palliative Medicine, Dr. Clary devotes
significant time to teaching presentations for a variety of professional and lay
audiences. Here are selected current presentation titles:
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A Cry for Help: Responding to Requests for
Physician-assisted Suicide
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Beyond Pain: the competent palliation of
other symptoms
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Breaking Difficult News Well
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Dying for Beginners
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Facing Death with our Families: making
choices at the end
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Last Hours of Living
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Medical Futility for Beginners
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Medicine Words: using poetry to teach and
sustain hospice & palliative care
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Money Talks: breaking the codes for
reimbursement in hospice & palliative care
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Pain Management for Beginners
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Ten
Hospice Myths
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Wellness at the End of Life
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Wellness at the End of Life (in the health
care facility)
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Withdrawing and Withholding Treatment
For more information or to schedule a
presentation, contact:
Patrick Clary, MD, at PLClary@aol.com |
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For information on Old Colony Hospice, Randolph, MA, 2nd annual educational
symposium ~ "Confessions of an Ex-Lone Ranger: Clinical Pearls, Gems, and
Silver Bullets" Presented by Patrick Clary, MD
Please click here
for information. Please click here for
REGISTRATION
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Opioid Use
Guidelines
NHHPCO has
recently introduced a handy Opioid Use Guidelines Pocket
Card. Dr. Clary is available for teaching sessions to your staff on the
basics of pain management using this card. More
details HERE.
New Hampshire
Palliative Care Clinicians Specialist Interest Group
(PCCSIG)
If you are a palliative care or hospice
clinician practicing in NH or in an adjoining state, consider joining this
interdisciplinary group coordinated by Dr. Clary for NHPCO. Meetings are held
semi-annually, usually over dinner in the Concord or Manchester area.
Meeting details are posted on the 'Networking Meetings'
area of this NHHPCO web site. This is a collegial group focusing on best
practices in palliative care. Details HERE.
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This page was last updated
August 05, 2010
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Hampshire
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