An antidote for our emotional distance
June 6, 2014
By: Laurel Coleman, MD I have been pondering Danielle Ofri’s NY Times column, “The Silence of Doctors Around Alzheimer’s”…
House calls go Hollywood
June 6, 2014
Mindy Fain, Chief of Geriatrics at the University of Arizona, penned a fabulous Op-Ed in today’s Los Angeles Times extolling…
Neuropalliative Care: Call to Action and Top 10 Pointers
June 5, 2014
When I chose to pursue a residency in Neurology, the first response from my medical school acquaintances was “But, you…
Embracing Direct-to-Consumer Advertising by Focusing on Stopping Medications
June 5, 2014
There are plenty of examples of direct-to-consumer advertising that the pharmaceutical industry use to lure new customers. Just like theCancer…
The Business of Selling Hope Part II: Direct-to-Consumer Cancer Center Advertising
June 2, 2014
The majority of cancer patients with incurable stage IV lung or colon cancer think that the chemotherapy they are receiving…
Is standard oncology care killing patients?
May 16, 2014
In 2010, the Temel article reported that early palliative care prolongs survival in patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). As…
“Palliative chemotherapy” – a term that should be laid to rest
May 14, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD What is this term “palliative chemotherapy”? Are the words “palliative” and “chemotherapy” so incompatible that their…
The Importance of Language
May 11, 2014
by: Bridget Sumser, LMSW The world of palliative care is well served in reviewing thoughtfully, the language we use on…
Nurses week: celebrating GeriPal nurse scientists
May 9, 2014
Diagram by Florence Nightingale showing that deaths in the British Army during the Crimean war due to preventable infectious diseases…
What pushes doctors to talk about withdrawal of life sustaining treatments?
April 25, 2014
What changes an ICU doctors intention to discuss withdrawal of life support in a family meeting? An interesting study published…