Screening for Elder Abuse and Neglect – the USPSTF Report
January 22, 2013
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its updated standards for screening older or physically or mentally dysfunctional…
Congratulations to the 2013 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awardees
January 16, 2013
We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the 5 physicians just been named as recipients of the 2013…
If Air Travel Worked Like Health Care
January 11, 2013
I was lucky enough to attend UCSF’s School of Medicine Leadership Retreat today which was facilitated by the design firm…
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine
January 9, 2013
I just got my hands on a copy of a fabulous new book by Drs Goldstein and Morrison and felt…
Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so.
January 6, 2013
Above is Christopher Nieman’s beautiful illustration of Maurice Sendak’s heartwarming and deeply moving NPR interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross…
Successful Aging Does Not Equal Aging without Disability
January 5, 2013
What does successful aging look like? In one of the more influential papers on the subject published in 1987, Rowe…
The Business of Selling Hope
December 15, 2012
This is the third post to be loosely inspired by our recent trip to the Coalition for Compassionate Care of…
Parenteral Fluids at the End of Life
December 6, 2012
It is better to die dry than wet. At least that is the gist of traditional thinking in hospice and…
Bereavement Does Not Immunize the Grieving Person Against Major Depression
December 4, 2012
This is a guest post by Dr. Ronald Pies in response to this week’s GeriPal post about the removal of…
Star Wars, Behavioral Economics, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
December 3, 2012
Obi-Wan: “These are not the droids you’re looking for.” Stormtrooper: “These are not the droids we’re looking for.” Obi-Wan: “He…