Your Tax Dollars Are Being Wasted by Medicare
May 29, 2011
The title of this post may sound a little Tea Partyish, but stick with me here… Medicare is projected to…
Why Should I Have to Choose?
May 17, 2011
My interest in geriatrics stems from working in a nursing home as a teenager however my exposure to palliative medicine…
Undue Influence: Corporate Sponsorship of Professional Society Meetings
May 7, 2011
All Posts · American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine · American Geriatrics Society · Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) · Society of General Internal Medicine
There was a great report in one of the most influential medical periodicals today. Not NEJM, or JAMA, or Annals…
From Twitter to Tenure – The Wrap Up
May 6, 2011
I have the distinct honor of wrapping up the online prelude for the SGIM Social Media Workshop “From Twitter to…
The Third Annual Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards
May 3, 2011
The Cunniff-Dixon Foundation in collaboration with the Hastings Center and the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life…
A New Tool for Estimating Prognosis in the Elderly
May 2, 2011
“What if your doctor, making use of a Web site that collected a number of tested geriatric scales, could enter…
Twitter to Tenure: Using Social Media to Enhance Your Career
May 1, 2011
What good is Twitter anyway? Why should I contribute to a blog? What are the limits of what I can…
Studying Race/Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Death: Helpful or Harmful?
April 26, 2011
I received an email yesterday from CNN asking me to comment on a study published today in the Journal Cancer…
Palliative care Nurse Practitioner Models of Care – It’s all about money. Or is it?
April 18, 2011
Within the context of an aging population, a US health care system in financial flux, and the shortage of primary…
The Match is Moving Leaving Geriatrics and Palliative Care Behind
April 15, 2011
The word on the street is that the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) will shortly announce that as of 2012,…