The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) gave us good reason to be optimistic about the future of our organization when it…
In 1927, Francis Peabody remarkedthat “The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” Medicine…
I’ve been on the palliative care service these last two weeks. Some interesting and challenging issues came up. I don’t…
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
Last week a physician colleague expressed her concern about signing routine hospice admission orders for her elderly patient with end…
There is a very interesting study in the January issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that characterizes…
“But what will you be doing to cure my disease?” the interpreter said, relaying the words of our patient. Was…
Feeding tubes are often placed in the hospital setting for patients with advanced dementia, even though there is pretty much a lack…
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…