Reaction to JAMA theme issue on Death, Dying, and End of Life
January 22, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD JAMA just came out with a theme issue subtitled Death, Dying, and End of Life. Here…
Music & Art on the Cover of The Gerontologist
January 6, 2016
The current cover of The Gerontologist features a musician at the local Octoberfest, a yearly block party that celebrates the…
Families caring for families
December 28, 2015
by: Amy Getter, who blogs regularly at hospicediary.com “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”…
PTSD at the end of life
December 17, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD I want to draw GeriPal readers attention to a remarkably powerful storyin the current issue of…
A Palliative Care Fellow’s Perspective on Physician-Assisted Death
December 10, 2015
by Danny Cox (@DannyMD) I’ll be honest. When I started my fellowship in palliative care 4 short months ago, I…
The Invisible Hand Reaches into the Exam Room: Ordinary Medicine by Sharon Kaufman (Review)
December 9, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD Alone in the room with your patient, you think you have control over what happens? You…
California assisted suicide bill signed into law, what next?
October 6, 2015
By: Laura Petrillo, MD @lpetrillz Governor Jerry Brown signed California bill ABx2-15 into lawtoday. The law will give California doctors…
Ambulating Manhattan
September 28, 2015
Across the globe, more than half the world’s population lives in cities, and there is a growing recognition that urban…
Recent Covers on The Gerontologist
September 8, 2015
The most recent issues of The Gerontologist (June and August 2015) feature photos I took in 2012 on a trip…
Is work life balance a first-world privledge problem, or not?
August 26, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD In geriatrics, and to a much greater extent palliative care, work/life balance is recognized as critical…