Q&A with Jeff Gordon – Author of “A Death Prolonged”
March 25, 2010
Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels…
More on dementia and mammograms
February 17, 2010
All Posts · Cancer · Care Managers · Communication · Dementia · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Mental Health · Palliative Care · Primary Care · Screening
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
The last year of life in the oldest-old
February 14, 2010
All Posts · Care Managers · Disability · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Health Policy · Long Term Care · Seniors
There is a very interesting study in the January issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that characterizes…
Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia: It’s all About Location
February 10, 2010
Feeding tubes are often placed in the hospital setting for patients with advanced dementia, even though there is pretty much a lack…
Palliative or terminal sedation
January 3, 2010
There is much to say – both good and not-so – about last Sunday’s (December 27) NY Times front page…
Death and Taxes: It’s Shaping Up to be a Busy Year
December 30, 2009
The Wall Street Journal published an article today entitled “Rich Cling to Life to Beat Tax Man.” The article describes…
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…
Dying in 14 Minutes of 60 Minutes
November 23, 2009
CBS did a segment entitled “The Cost Of Dying” on tonight’s 60 Minutes. Considering the title of the segment and…
The Best Town to Die In
November 18, 2009
Palliative Care rooted in the community–this was the topic of a recent Kaiser Health News story which can be found…
Can We Agree To Disagree
October 21, 2009
JAMA published an essaythis week about a conversation I had with my grandparents entitled “Can We Agree to Disagree”. This…