When Surrogates Override the DNR: A Terrific Geriatrics and Palliative Care Teaching Video
March 6, 2012
I’d like to draw GeriPal readers’ attention to a terrific article from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society called, “When…
The Dangers of Fleet Enemas
February 23, 2012
The dangers of oral sodium phosphate preparations are fairly well known in the medical community. In 2006 the FDA issued…
Final Chapter: Californians’ Attitudes and Experiences with Death and Dying
February 21, 2012
A new survey commissioned by the California HealthCare Foundation gives some great insight into the attitudes and experiences that Californians…
Notes from the Field: Chiapas Round 2
February 13, 2012
I am fortunate to be back at the Hospital San Carlos, in Chiapas, Mexico for two weeks. I am again…
Awarding Residents With Interests in Academic Geriatrics
February 11, 2012
Applications for the second annual Geriatrics Scholarship Award Summit are now open to ACGME interns and residents in Internal Medicine…
The language of dementia
February 8, 2012
I didn’t know my Grandmother very well as I was growing up. In fact, I’m not sure I even liked…
The Dangers of Rote Medicine
January 28, 2012
***Warning: the below blog includes the direct Emergency Room documentation of an attempt to resuscitate a patient who died*** I…
GOP Candidates on Advance Directives
January 26, 2012
We have learned a lot of lessons in Hospice and Palliative Care about how political discourse can impact our field…
The Third Annual Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award
January 20, 2012
The 2012 recipients of the third annual Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards were just recently announced. I was honored to…
Eprognosis gets Half a Million Hits in the First Week
January 19, 2012
Eprognosisis barely a week old, and we’ve already had over 500,000 pageviews (150,000 unique visitors). For perspective, GeriPalis about 3…