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Back to Health Dashboard- Health Article description.Discusses hospice care, which includes medical, emotional, and spiritual care for people who are in the last stages of a serious illness. Guides through decision to seek hospice care. Covers how to choose a program. Covers end-of-life legal issues.
- Celebrating the life of a pioneering pediatrician who inspired the baby in a drawer.
- Health Article description.Answers questions about organ transplants. Covers becoming an organ donor and getting on a waiting list. Covers tests used to see if you'd be a good candidate. Looks at medicines that you might take after a transplant. Offers tips for staying healthy.
- The Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing sculpture near Kaiser Oakland hospital is a reminder of its legacy of disruptive innovation by 1,065 nurse graduates.
- Health Article description.Guides through decision to receive CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and mechanical ventilation. Describes the procedures and discusses risks and benefits of each. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
- Kaiser Permanente’s co-founder talks about the importance of building hospitals and clinics to ensure adequate health care facilities.
- Health Article description.Explains what stigma is in relation to mental health conditions. Suggests ways to get past stigma and self-stigma in relationships and at work. Briefly touches on legal concerns and the importance of advance planning documents.
- The last published work of Morris F. Collen, MD, one of Kaiser Permanente’s original founding physicians, was published almost exactly a year after his death at age 100.
- Health Article description.Learn about creating a legal form that describes the care you want during a mental health crisis.
- Rebuilt Oakland Medical Center to open for business.
- Health Article description.What is a Medicare yearly wellness visit? The Medicare yearly wellness visit is your time to talk and plan with your doctor about your health. It's about preventing health problems and disability. And it's about making sure you get the medical care you need. Together, you and your doctor create a health care strategy...
- Health Article description.When you have schizophrenia, your symptoms can sometimes come back. This is called a relapse. There are things you can do to help prevent a relapse. Be active in your own recovery. Work with your doctor and take care of yourself. Take your medicine,
- In 1946 Henry J. Kaiser Motors purchased half a square block in downtown Oakland to distribute Kaiser and Frazer automobiles and Graham Paige farm equipment.
- Health Article description.Eldercare mediation is the process of working with someone to help families manage the legal, health, and emotional issues that come with aging. It's based on the idea that, with a little help, family members can find the best solutions to family problems. Families often choose mediators to help them figure out things...
- Health Article description.Learn about advance care planning for your child, and get ideas to help with making a plan.
- Health Article description.What is domestic violence? If you want to save this information but don't think it is safe to take it home, see if a trusted friend can keep it for you. Plan ahead. Know who you can call for help, and memorize the phone number. Be careful online too. Your online activity may be seen by others. Do not use your personal...
- In memoriam: Remembering and reflecting on a pioneering physician from Kaiser Permanente Northwest.
- Henry J. Kaiser's wife, Bess, admired the creek and its name, leading Kaiser and Dr. Sidney Garfield to use the name Permanente.
- Dr. Cecil Cutting and nurse Millie Cutting were among the first medical staff at the Grand Coulee Dam worksite and the Richmond shipyards.
- New bargaining dates are set for December 11 to 15, as Alliance-represented employees have gone over 60 days without a national agreement.
- Garfield’s design of ‘dream hospital’ features unconventional and efficient layout.
- In 1953, Henry J. Kaiser bought Willys Overland, maker of the Jeep during World war II and introduced Americans to the SUV-like Jeep Wagoneer.
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