Overuse of Pain Medications in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
This week’s Lancet includes an article titled “The Death of Ivan Ilyich and pain relief at the end of life”…
This week’s Lancet includes an article titled “The Death of Ivan Ilyich and pain relief at the end of life”…
News Headlines read: Sen. Edward Kennedy loses battle with cancer. Really, he lost? I thought he died from a malignant…
As a geriatrician who primarily sees patients in clinic, I find myself often wondering how best to apply what I’ve…
Now that we are in an Orwellian world in which words reflect corporate and politically motivated interests rather than reality,…
Colace is a problem at our hospital too. Both because there is not data that it works and because once…
Supportive Care in Cancer recently published an article on the use of “futile” medications in patients with advanced and incurable…
I am new to blogging, actually this is my first attempt and I write with trepidation. So, thank you, Alex,…
NEJM published a paper last week looking at CPR outcomes in the elderly. The main question of the paper addresses…