When Staying Silent is No Longer Acceptable
May 9, 2013
A Guantanamo detainee’s feet are shackled to the floor, April 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Michelle Shephard, Pool) (Credit: Associated Press) Recent…
Using YouTube Movie Clips to Teach Breaking Bad News
May 7, 2013
Some of my favorite teaching incorporates video. Recently, I saw an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) DVD with movie excerpts…
#AGS13: Views of Geriatrics and Palliative Care from Four Continents
April 30, 2013
This years’ American Geriatrics Society (AGS) meeting in Grapevine, Texas, is fast approaching. The schedule is jam packed with great…
Google and Why Modern Medicine is in a Rut
April 25, 2013
I’m at the annual SGIM meeting and the following topics came up in conversations w/various folks, so I thought I…
$10,000 Design Challenge to Improve the Communication of End-of-life Preferences
April 23, 2013
Do you have any good ideas on how to get more people to complete advance directives early, re-visit them periodically,…
5 Misconceptions About Palliative Care
April 22, 2013
Richard Besdine, MD medical officer for the American Federation for Aging Research, has a terrific piece in the Huffington Post about palliative care and…
Aging with HIV
April 4, 2013
From the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention It has been over three decades since the…
Three Things to Put Your Name Behind in Geriatrics and Palliative Care
March 25, 2013
Dr. Tatum with Sen. Blunt 1. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) We have written about PCHETA…
Special Mentoring Opportunity at AGS!
March 23, 2013
“A Longitudinal Senior Faculty and Peer Mentoring Program for Junior Investigators and Educators” Who: Junior faculty (Assistant Professor/Instructor or equivalent)…
Literature Potpourri
March 21, 2013
Here are a smattering of interesting articles on my desk I’ve wanted to blog about, but haven’t had time to…