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4.5-STAR REVIEW: BECAUSE I KNEW YOU by Robert Macauley
- Pediatric palliative care physician Robert Macauley published Because I Knew You on June 3, 2025, sharing inspiring stories from his work in Portland, Oregon.
- Since 2017, Macauley has been directing the Cambia Health Foundation initiative focused on care for children with serious illnesses at Oregon Health & Science University, driven by the impact of his own childhood experiences.
- Because I Knew You highlights how meaningful and positive experiences can emerge from tragic circumstances, reflecting Macauley’s perspective that palliative care focuses primarily on enhancing life rather than concentrating on the process of dying.
- He stated, “I'm so glad I don't have your job,” reflecting how people often respond to his difficult yet meaningful role supporting children and families.
- The book’s uplifting message and Macauley’s expertise, including his authorship of Ethics in Palliative Care published by Oxford University Press, underline the importance of compassionate care.
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15 Articles
Medical societies ensure that professionals often work beyond their shifts in the face of a lack of resources to care for children in their homes, despite the fact that a community-approved health strategy marks that at least there should be continuous telephone attention.Children's palliative care is still stuck: "It is considered that as they are going to die, nothing needs to be done for them" "I am angry, rabid and disappointed with my hiera…
The pediatrician denounces the obstacles that Osakidetza puts on him: “I am tired of giving head against a wall”
Pediatrician Jesús Sánchez at the Cruces Hospital in Bilbao, Barakaldo, has been reprimanded for caring for a four-year-old girl in the terminal stages of her illness outside of his work hours. The sanction has sparked a wave of indignation and highlighted the shortcomings of Spain's pediatric palliative care system. "This has been going on for thirteen years," the doctor himself tells us. The outpouring of solidarity and support for the doctor,…
The admonition of a pediatrician in the Basque Country reveals a situation suffered by doctors and families in other territories.
4.5-STAR REVIEW: BECAUSE I KNEW YOU by Robert Macauley
Publication Date: June 3, 2025 As one of the few pediatric palliative care doctors in the United States, Bob Macauley was used to people saying, “I’m so glad I don’t have your job.” To which he would explain that palliative care is more about living than dying, then offer to share some of the inspiring stories he witnessed on a daily basis. He might mention that also being an Episcopal priest helped him console people in the hardest situations. …
Madrid. — The Basque Health Service (Osakidetza) warned pediatrician Jesús Sánchez Etxaniz to accompany a patient in agony off-hours. Dr. Sánchez Etxaniz attended for three years a four-year-old girl in palliative care at Cruces University Hospital in Bilbao. The young woman died recently, and the doctor decided to stay with the family during her last hours, out of her working day. Osakidetza considered the action a “light absence” for non-compl…
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