legacy

'Dignity Therapy' Gives Comfort to Dying Patients

WebMD Health  Wed, 07/06/2011 - 18:40

Therapist speaking with senior man

Dignity therapy -- a short course of psychotherapy that focuses on helping patients with terminal illnesses to go over things that are most meaningful to them and document their legacy -- can improve the end-of-life experience, a study shows.


 

Jail May Be Legacy of Smoking Moms (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Sat, 11/20/2010 - 11:28

(MedPage Today) -- Even after accounting for a host of sociodemographic and family characteristics, children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy were more likely to get arrested as adults, researchers found.


 

Little boy's big legacy teaches others how to live

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 12/24/2009 - 02:25

CHICAGO (AP) -- The disarming smile of a 4-year-old boy with a buzz cut brightens an otherwise drab newspaper page, where whole lives are summed up in three inches of tiny newsprint....


 

CDC director is leaving with a mixed legacy

Headlines from the Associated Press  Sun, 01/11/2009 - 14:18

ATLANTA (AP) -- The woman who led the nation's top public health agency for more than six years is leaving the post with a mixed legacy....