CPR Discussions and Harm Reduction
By: Bree Johnston One issue that I think we have not examined sufficiently is the impact that repeated discussions about…
By: Bree Johnston One issue that I think we have not examined sufficiently is the impact that repeated discussions about…
by: Josh Lakin, MD Palliative Care Fellow, UCSF This week has been full of active discussion around “the code”. As…
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD Eric kicked off the week posting about a study comparing use of the phrase "Allow Natural…
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD What if the above form was the default for patients with serious illness? Most current advance directive…
Deer Valley, Utah, from our lodge at the NPCRC retreat I'm at the National Palliative Care Research Center's Annual Foley…
During my senior year of residency, I brought an elderly gentleman to the operating room with peritonitis and a benign-appearing…
I recently cared for a 96 year old woman who was rehospitalized for a recurrent infection (identifying details altered to…
I'd like to draw GeriPal readers' attention to a terrific article from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society called, "When…
Last week, I started interviewing clinicians who care for frail elders at On Lok Lifewaysas part of a study led…
If you happened to read WebMD the other day you would have seen an article with the headlines ‘DNR Orders…