An excellent article in the Boston Globe cites a recent Harvard Medical School study which finds that many terminally ill patients and their doctors put off conversations about end-of-life choices. It’s the latest in a series by Globe reporter Kay Lazar, who has been a real champion for this topic. We should all keep [...]

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People go to work everyday. 
People are working more hours.  
As we move from a country of manufacturing to knowledge work, the lines between ‘work’ and ‘life’ are progressively blurring.  
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People know all of the above - they experience it.  Dalton Conely, NYU’s acting Dean for Social Sciences, wrote about what it means.
In Elsewhere U.S.A.: How We Got [...]

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Lots of smart people have lots of great recommendations for Obama’s healthcare reform strategy.
Eliza’s own Alex Drane joins other Boston-based healthcare and healthcare IT folks by sharing her perspective here.
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As if it weren’t enough to be worried about the tenuous job market and our dwindling retirement savings – now the economy is even affecting our waistlines.
Then again, maybe the recession will actually be a good thing. Ready for the “back-to-basics bailout diet”?
Those of you who have been to an Eliza meeting know we’re all [...]

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