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…
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…