Hospice Shadowing in Indianapolis Area

[Dillatar]

Hi everyone. I am currently a philosophy undergrad who will be applying to medical school next year. Last year I shadowed a rad onc who turned me on to hospice and end-of-life care. I have been fostering the interest ever since. I am very interested in shadowing an Indianapolis area physician who participates in this specialty and would appreciate any help that any of you might be able to provide. Thanks in advance!

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[brimcmike]

VNS of Central Indiana
http://www.vnsi.org/
Abbie Hunt Bryce Home for the dying poor
http://www.vnsi.org/abbi.html

A word about inpatient hospice units, often the patients in these are very difficult cases, e.g., symptom-control crises, families needing respite, near-death, late referrals of patients wanting everything done possible until there really isn't anything more to possibly do, family members in denial and in conflict.

So, there are often a lot of deep and complicated psycho-social/existential issues in play in these cases. I might suggest getting one's feet wet with patients and families that are more or less at-peace with their dying process, so that one can sort of identify and tease away the not-at-peace with dying part, from the more straight-forward dying, which is difficult enough.

Methodist Hospital Yellow Rose Unit
http://iuhealth.org/methodist/hospice/yellow-rose-patient-care-unit/
St. Vincent Inpatient Hospice Unit
http://www.stvincent.org/St-Vincent...ospice-Care/Facilities/Inpatient-Hospice.aspx

 

[Dillatar]

Awesome. Thanks for the advice. I am interviewing this week with St. Francis' hospice program.