Quality & Safety Consideration for Patients with a POLST or Living Will
Do We Ask for Permission to Treat First? Or Treat first & Ask Questions Later? As we are educated on…
Do We Ask for Permission to Treat First? Or Treat first & Ask Questions Later? As we are educated on…
I met him once. He was referred to me for pain management and depression. In our visit, he described a…
by: Elizabeth Dzeng (@LizDzeng) On September 11, 2015, the legislative bodies of California and the United Kingdom were both faced…
by: Elizabeth Dzeng, @LizDzeng As ethicists like to point out, what is the law is not always ethical and what is…
Dying is in serious need of a redesign. This is the point of BJ Miller’s TED talk that was given…
One of the advantages of getting behind in reading medical journals is seeing links between articles when I finally try…
By: Paul Tatum @doctatum This year the Obama administration will convene the 2015 White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA). The…
The recently published statin-discontinuation trial has been celebrated in the palliative care community. It’s message is clear – go ahead…
“Knocking on Heaven’s Door” by Katie Butler is a book that will resonate with most of our GeriPal readership. In…
“He’d feel okay about not replacing the pacemaker’s battery when it ran down, he said. But turning it off, he…