Dying Behind Bars?
July 13, 2017
by: Carly Benner Zapata, MD, MPH (@carly_zapata7) Last week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicinefeatured an article authored…
How to Recommend to Stop Cancer Screening: An Interview with Nancy Shoenborn
June 17, 2017
What should you say to your older patient when it’s time to stop cancer screening? This week’s GeriPal Podcast features…
GeriPal PodCast: Sandra Moody on Palliative Care in Kamogawa City, Japan
June 1, 2017
For this week’s GeriPal podcast we talk with Sandra Moody, MD, about her experiences in geriatrics and palliative care in…
Churning Patients Through Care Settings at the End Of Life: An Interview with Shi-Yi Wang
May 10, 2017
One-third of the Medicare patients who died in 2011 had 4 or more transitions within last 6 months of life…
Samir Sinha: Redesigning Health Care Systems to Be Elder Friendly
May 2, 2017
On this weeks GeriPal podcast, we interview Dr. Samir K. Sinha, MD on how he has influenced local and national…
A Geriatrician Reviews Cicero’s “On Old Age”
April 5, 2017
by: Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF As a geriatrician entering the twilight of my career, I look to the philosophers of…
GeriPal Podcast: Laura Hanson on Improving Advanced Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
April 4, 2017
Advance Care Planning · Dementia · Geriatrics · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Mental Health
Today’s GeriPal podcast features Laura Hanson, Geriatrician and Palliative Medicine physician at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Laura…
Make April Fools Great Again
April 1, 2017
In a shocking turn of events, early this morning President Donald Trump posted the above tweet. In what can only…
Muriel Gillick: On Being Old and Sick in America’s Health Care System
March 29, 2017
On this week’s GeriPal podcast, we have invited Muriel Gillick to discuss the state of our current health care system…
How Low Should We Go with Blood Pressure in Older Adults? A Podcast with Mark Supiano
February 28, 2017
In this GeriPal Podcast we talk with Dr. Mark A. Supiano about a blood pressure management in older adults in…