A Health Care Glossary for Politically Charged Times
August 14, 2009
Now that we are in an Orwellian world in which words reflect corporate and politically motivated interests rather than reality,…
Elder Self-Neglect: A Palliative Care Emergency?
August 13, 2009
There is a very important article in the Aug 5 JAMA by XinQi Dongof Rush University examing the relationship between…
Adverse drug reactions in elders: looking for flubs in all the wrong places
August 12, 2009
A great deal of energy – and money – has been spent on preventing adverse drug reactions in elders. Many…
Learning something new
August 10, 2009
The aspect of geriatrics and palliative carewhich never ceases to amaze me is how much I learn from my patients…
Colace
August 9, 2009
Colace is a problem at our hospital too. Both because there is not data that it works and because once…
Inappropriate Medications in the Hospice Setting
August 3, 2009
Supportive Care in Cancer recently published an article on the use of “futile” medications in patients with advanced and incurable…
Family Caregivers: The Silent Long Term Care System
July 27, 2009
Long term care is a hot topic. When people talk about long term care, they are generally talking about nursing…
Gawande, Greed, and You Eat What you Kill
July 21, 2009
Much has been made of Atul Gawande’s New Yorker article investigating the root causes of high healthcare costs in McAllen…
Pharmaceutical Industry Influence on Guidelines and Performance Measures
July 15, 2009
The effect that industry influence has on individual doctors, hospitals and clinics through free lunches, CME dinners and trips and…
Hospice care of the Geriatric patient
July 14, 2009
I am new to blogging, actually this is my first attempt and I write with trepidation. So, thank you, Alex,…