Stocking Stuffers for Your Favorite Geriatrician
December 22, 2009
Don’t know what to get your favorite geriatrician for the holidays? Out of ideas as you bought your geriatrician a…
Cheating Death: A Book Lost in Definitions
December 18, 2009
“Death is not a single event, but a process that may be interrupted, even reversed. And here’s the exciting part…
My last few days with my grandmother
December 17, 2009
It was the a Monday morning in November when I got the first call from my uncle Gili – my…
How Will Pilot Programs Impact Geriatrics and Palliative Care?
December 13, 2009
In one of the most influentialhealth policy journals of our time – the New Yorker- the surgeon Atul Gawande “calls…
Destination Therapy and Reversing Frailty
December 11, 2009
For those geriatric and palliative care practitioners who glossed over the recent NEJM publication of the Heartmate II trialas yet…
Will Rogers Phenomenon and the Cost of Healthcare
December 9, 2009
“When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence in both states.” – Will Rogers…
The downside of the growth of palliative care
December 6, 2009
As palliative care matures, I become increasingly concerned about the downside of our growth. Let me say more. A couple…
Overwhelming Relief
December 4, 2009
I’ve been thinking about this analogy for a while (I may be stealing this from someone, but I don’t recall,…
December’s Palliative Care Grand Rouds
December 4, 2009
Palliative Care Grand Rounds is a great series that puts a spotlight on outstanding blog posts focused on hospice, palliative…
Penalizing Hospitals for Readmissions: Unintended Consequences?
December 2, 2009
Medicare recently started publicly reporting hospital readmission rates as a measure of quality, and there are proposals to financially penalize…