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…
ePrognosis 2.0: PPS and Cancer screening
August 7, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD The geriatrics, general medicine, and palliative care communities have spoken, and we’ve been listening. ePrognosisis the…
Fifteen minutes of fame? Aging policy’s big week
July 23, 2015
Last week was a huge week in aging policy. On Monday, the White House hosted the once-a-decade Conference on Aging,…
A strategy to improve cardiac arrest survival: Do it less on those who don’t want it or won’t benefit from it
July 22, 2015
On June 30, 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report titled “Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A…
Secondhand Antibiotic Exposure in Nursing Homes
July 9, 2015
Antibiotics are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in nursing homes. Past studies have shown that around 2 out…
A Giant Thank You to CMS: Advance Care Planning Has Value
July 8, 2015
Today it is time to celebrate! Today the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is taking…