Reaction to JAMA theme issue on Death, Dying, and End of Life
January 22, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD JAMA just came out with a theme issue subtitled Death, Dying, and End of Life. Here…
PTSD at the end of life
December 17, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD I want to draw GeriPal readers attention to a remarkably powerful storyin the current issue of…
The Invisible Hand Reaches into the Exam Room: Ordinary Medicine by Sharon Kaufman (Review)
December 9, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD Alone in the room with your patient, you think you have control over what happens? You…
Moral distress among residents: the hidden price of futility
October 20, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Have you ever had that experience when you think what you’re doing is futile, and that…
Report on palliative care in US hospitals: glass 2/3 full or 1/3 empty?
October 2, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD The Center to Advance Palliative Care and the National Palliative Care Research Center just released their…
A physicians group’s baseless objections to advance care planning
September 28, 2015
AAPS objections to CMS payment for Advance Care Planning are a wreck. Source: Wikimedia Commons by: Stan Terman, PhD, MD…
?s about Medicare payment for advance care planning
September 4, 2015
The Supreme Court case of Cruzan (Nancy Cruzan pictured) vs. Missouri established the right of individuals to make decisions in…
The experience of dementia OUTSIDE the nursing home: pain, weight loss, and transitions in care
August 31, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD About 4.5 million people have dementia in the US. Thanks to the fantastic work of palliative…
Is work life balance a first-world privledge problem, or not?
August 26, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD In geriatrics, and to a much greater extent palliative care, work/life balance is recognized as critical…
ePrognosis 2.0: PPS and Cancer screening
August 7, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD The geriatrics, general medicine, and palliative care communities have spoken, and we’ve been listening. ePrognosisis the…