Palliative Care Prolongs Life
August 19, 2010
Thanks to Wikimedia commons for picture, A puffer fish kissing the glass. No intentional relationship to the post, Just loved…
Debunking the “But I Already See Old People” Myth in Medical Education
August 18, 2010
What happens when you randomly assign medical students to either a mandatory two week rotation in specialized geriatric training or…
Task Force Medicine; 3 issues of palliative care
August 3, 2010
by: Robert Killeen MD Task Force Medicine; 3 Issues of Palliative Care In naval terms a “task force” is a…
An inspiring addendum to Gawande’s piece for physician researchers
July 30, 2010
Check out this new Huffington Post piece by Aaron Carroll, inspired by Gawande’s Neworker article “Letting Go.” Carroll and Gawande’s articles…
Atul Gawande New Yorker Article “Letting Go”
July 27, 2010
I want to draw people’s attention to a fantastic new piece in the New Yorker by Atul Gawande titled, “Letting…
Notes from the Field: Getting Older in the Developing World
July 26, 2010
I arrived in Chiapas, Mexico, one of the most southern states in Mexico three days ago. Known as one of…
Why not palliative oncology?
July 23, 2010
WHY NOT PALLIATIVE ONCOLOGY? The goal of palliative care is to relieve symptoms, reduce suffering and improve a patient’s quality…
3 Issues of Hospice
July 20, 2010
by: Robert Killeen MD Three Issues of Hospice I’d like to address three recurrent problems I’ve found in the field…
The breadth of life-sustaining treatment
June 25, 2010
In a recent story in the New York Times, Katy Butler described her parents’ experiences with illness, the health care…
Preventing Disability vs. Improving Quality of Life for Elders Living with Disability: Both are Important
June 20, 2010
I heard a prominent speaker talk about studies at the National Institute of Aging. The speaker described several new large and well funded trials…