Seven months after entering hospice care, Jimmy Carter is beating expectations and marking a milestone birthday.
Such small joys are “invaluable” to keep a terminally ill patient going, says Dr. BJ Miller, a hospice and palliative medicine physician in San Francisco. He is not treating Carter.
It also means emotional support for the patient and their family, talking things through and trying to find meaning in their remaining time. It’s very difficult for doctors to pinpoint how much time a terminally ill patient has left, so they’re always guessing, Miller notes. “At some point, a lot of that effort can be fatiguing on the body, certainly emotionally draining and sometimes even demoralizing,” Miller says.
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