Sweet Little Lies: Is it Ever Ok to Lie to Our Patients?
November 2, 2016
Truth telling is an ethical pillar of medicine. But, are there instances when it is ever ok to lie to…
Keep Your Hands to Yourself
October 27, 2016
This week’s GeriPal podcast is all about mechanical ventilation and dementia. In particular, we discuss a new article in JAMA…
GeriPal Podcast #2: Breath Becomes Air or Nothing Becomes Something
October 18, 2016
In our second GeriPal Podcast, we discuss Professor Thomas Laqueur’s review of Paul Kalanithi’s book “When Breath Becomes Air.” Professor Laqueur’s review,…
Palliative Care Consultations in Nursing Homes: It Can (and Should) Be Done
October 3, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) One out of every four people living in the United States will die in a nursing…
Inappropriate Prescribing of Transdermal Fentanyl in Opioid Naïve Nursing Home Residents
August 11, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) If you had to guess what long acting opioid is most commonly started on in nursing…
The Ultimate “Palliative” Branded Products
July 28, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) The word “palliative” is popping up in a lot of unexpected places of late. Sometimes…
Antipsychotics for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
July 22, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) So yesterday I wrote about the rapid uptake of using antipsychotics for insomnia in the hospital…
Antipsychotics for Sleep: When Did This Become a Thing?
July 21, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Sleep. It’s sometimes hard enough to get enough at home with all the distractions of…
Palliative Care: Who Do We Serve?
June 26, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Some of the best evidence for palliative care comes from interventions focused primarily on individuals with…
Yet another harm of docusate
June 22, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) We’ve written about the harms and lack of efficacy of docusate a fair amount on Geripal…