We Need a Care Revolution: Victor Montori
In his book, “Why We Revolt,” Victor Montori decries the industrialization of healthcare. We’ve become a healthcare factory, beholden to…
In his book, “Why We Revolt,” Victor Montori decries the industrialization of healthcare. We’ve become a healthcare factory, beholden to…
Most health care providers understand the importance of goals-of-care conversations in aligning treatment plans with patients’ goals, especially for those…
What is death anxiety? We spend the first 15 minutes of the podcast addressing this question. And maybe this was…
What’s the ideal blood pressure target for older adults with hypertension? Should we aim for a systolic BP of 120…
In this week’s episode, we dig into two deceptively simple questions: When does someone become a cancer survivor, and should…
June Lunney famously characterized the end of life functional course of people with dementia as a slow dwindle over time…
Happy Pride Month GeriPal listeners! Transgender issues are in the news. Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast:…
If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation…
The need for better palliative care in nursing homes is significant. Consider this: the majority of the 1.4 million adults…
Have any of you watched the movie “The Notebook”? At the end, one of the characters, who has dementia, experiences…