New POLST reflects evolution of how we talk about life sustaining treatment
by: Laura Petrillo (@lpetrillz) There is increasing interest around the country in documenting patient preferences for life sustaining treatment, with…
by: Laura Petrillo (@lpetrillz) There is increasing interest around the country in documenting patient preferences for life sustaining treatment, with…
I’m hearing a lot of questions about whether someone with frailty, debility, or adult failure to thrive can still be…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD As it’s early in the year, we usually like to post about some advice for trainees,…
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD You may have heard of a new article in the Atlantic by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel provocatively…
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD I’d like to draw GeriPal readers’ attention to the new report issued by the Institute of…
Over the last few months, ever since Medicare started its competitive bidding process my colleagues and I, in the UCSF Housecalls…
My patient was dying and his family was terrified. Riddled with abdominal tumors and engorged gastric blood vessels, Mr. G,…
We just spent the last several days learning facilitation skills at the VITALtalk faculty development course. This truly amazing course…
When I was a resident, it was routine to place urine catheters (a catheter threaded up the urethra, into the…
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD In a recent study in the American Journal of Infection Control, researchers coated a gloved hand in…