What books inspired you to go into #geriatrics or #palliative care?
August 12, 2014
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD I just read a wonderful categorization of books about aging on Lousie Aronson’s blog. She categorizes…
Informed consent in social media research
July 4, 2014
I’m simultaneously a behavioral researcher, an ethicist, and a hopeless Facebook addict, so I’ve been thinking a lot about last…
When Surrogates Override the DNR: A Terrific Geriatrics and Palliative Care Teaching Video
March 6, 2012
I’d like to draw GeriPal readers’ attention to a terrific article from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society called, “When…
Should Clinicans Give Recommendations?
August 20, 2011
I was taught to give recommendations to seriously ill patients and family members facing tough choices. This was probably best…
A Matter of Life-and-Death: The Ethics of End-of-Life Care
March 25, 2011
GeriPal recently conducted a poll to ask readers if they would take a pill to add 500 years to their…
Autonomy for Frail Elders
November 14, 2010
What does autonomy mean to a 95 year old woman with disability, dementia, and heart failure residing in a nursing home? Beauchamp…
The Right to Fail?
July 1, 2010
Recently, Zaldy Tan MD wrote a thoughtful article in JAMA (The “Right” to Fall, JAMA. 2010;303(23):2333-2334) regarding the autonomy of…
What is Our Responsibility?
June 6, 2010
Is advocating for equal access to opioid medication around the world part of our professional responsibility? What about reducing racial…
Advance directives say “I’m not dead yet”
May 3, 2010
“Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so.” So said Angela Fagerlin and Carl Schneider…