Patient-Centered Care: A Perspective by Amy Berman
January 13, 2011
“For those of you who haven’t yet heard, I have recently been diagnosed with Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer. This…
Eric Widera wins Cunniff-Dixon Foundation Award!
January 11, 2011
Congratulations to GeriPal co-founder Eric Widera for winning an early career Cunniff-Dixon Foundation Award for improving care of patients near the…
AND orders: A Confusing Conjuction that Attempts to Allow a Natural Death
December 6, 2010
Paula Span has an excellent article out today in the NY Times titled “D.N.R. by Another Name.” In it, she…
Length of Stay in Nursing Homes at the End of Life
August 26, 2010
One out of every four of us will die while residing in a nursing home. For most of us, that…
Health Status Does Not Equal Quality of LIfe
June 3, 2010
Advance Care Planning · Communication · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Healthcare · Quality of Life · Relationships · Research · Seniors
If you asked clinical researchers to describe the most important advances in research methodology over the past generation, many would…
Rethinking Prisoner Release Policies from a Geriatrics Perspective
May 21, 2010
Tina Chiu of the VERA Institute of Criminal Justice recently wrote a report It’s About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs,…
Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness – A Book Review
April 27, 2010
On my way out of the hospital this evening I ran into a soon-to-be palliative care fellow. Our conversation quickly…
An ER Physician’s Take on DNR Orders
April 13, 2010
It is a story that happens all too frequently in a fragmented healthcare system. A woman with cancer on chemotherapy…
Palliative Care and the Awareness of Death
April 10, 2010
Rob Pardi’s comments in the Pallimed discussion affected me deeply. His honesty, integrity, and willingness to share were so impressive that…
Dr. Desiree Pardi: Reconciling Her Life and Her Death
April 9, 2010
The New York Times recently ran an article titled “Helping Patients Face Death, She Fought to Live”. The article told…