How do you teach about Prognostication?
June 27, 2013
Prognostication is one of the most challenging concepts; however, there are some good teaching tools to get you started! A…
Death of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse, Part 2
June 26, 2013
-By Joannie Ericson RN, MS This is the second and last of the Death of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner series…
Empathy Video
June 25, 2013
by: Alex Smith I’m interested in people’s reactions to the video called “Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care” produced…
Appearances can be deceiving: aging, homelessness, and acute care
June 17, 2013
Before reading any further, stop to think about the last older homeless adult you saw. If you are a…
Hospice and the Transgendered
June 12, 2013
by: Robert Killeen MD Hospice is beset by many societal obstacles in its care of the transgendered patient. I saw…
Prognostic Disclosure and Other Palliative Care Needs in Dialysis Patients
June 7, 2013
“Doctors are terrible at prognostication.” This is a line that I often hear from other doctors in clinical practice. While…
What Is A “Natural” Death, Anyway?
May 23, 2013
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD Eric kicked off the week posting about a study comparing use of the phrase “Allow Natural…
The Clinician as the Choice Architect – Nudging an Informed Choice About CPR
May 23, 2013
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) In the first two posts of “code discussion week” we talked about how preferences for cardiopulmonary…
Changing the Default Code Status to DNR for Seriously Ill Patients
May 21, 2013
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD What if the above form was the default for patients with serious illness? Most current advance directive…
It’s all in the Framing: How to Influence Surrogates’ Code Status Decisions
May 20, 2013
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) We intuitively know that the words we choose when talking about whether or not to attempt…