The Cultural Distance Between Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
I just read Chris Feudtner’s brief piece, “The Breadth of Hopes,” in the New England Journal. Among other things, the…
I just read Chris Feudtner’s brief piece, “The Breadth of Hopes,” in the New England Journal. Among other things, the…
The New England Journal of Medicine released a study today revealing some awareness in a minority of patients diagnosed with…
A friend recently forwarded me an update to a story first reported in the Washington Post in May 2009 about…
A study in the American Journal of Public Healthexamining mammogram use in older persons found that 18% of women with…
Morphine sulfate oral solution is now FDA approved thanks to a concerted effort by many in the hospice and palliative…
Words have power. Language has power. The words we use may comfort or shock, allay or provoke, sooth or batter.…
Over the past year, I have had several 80+ patients, combat veterans of WWII, who have had very significant symptoms…
For years, many academics (myself included) have decried the lack of rigorous clinical trial evidence to inform the care of…
Paula Span raises a number of interesting issues in this poston the NY Times New Old Age Blog. She presents…
The Wall Street Journal published an article today entitled “Rich Cling to Life to Beat Tax Man.” The article describes…