Q&A with Jeff Gordon – Author of “A Death Prolonged”
Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels…
Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels…
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) gave us good reason to be optimistic about the future of our organization when it…
In 1927, Francis Peabody remarkedthat “The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” Medicine…
Finally. This debate has been waiting to happen ever since NHO added the “PC” to its name back in the…
The best learning experiences for me have been times when I come away questioning core assumptions about the work I/we…
The annual HPNA/AAHPM conference starts tomorrow and many of us will be in Boston (me, Eric Widera, Patrice Villars, Rebecca…
I’ve been on the palliative care service these last two weeks. Some interesting and challenging issues came up. I don’t…
Do you want to learn more about how your colleagues are teaching learners about hospice and palliative medicine? Then, don’t…
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
Last week a physician colleague expressed her concern about signing routine hospice admission orders for her elderly patient with end…