TAVR: Life-prolonging and palliative or risky and costly?
August 27, 2012
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a therapy proposed “as the standard of care for symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis…
A Reluctance to Disagree with Recommendations
August 16, 2012
I remember when my son was about 2 years old he developed a very minor case of acute otitis media…
Low Does IV Haldol to Prevent Delirium in Post-Op ICU Patients
August 15, 2012
The reason that I love preparing talks to give to residents and fellows is that I always find new and…
A DNR Tattoo? Really? Great Teaching Image for Geriatrics or Palliative Care
July 24, 2012
(To see the JGIM image click this link) Perhaps you have said, or heard someone declare, “I want DNR tattooed across…
Emergency Departments as a Place for End-of-Life Transitions
June 6, 2012
I have always been struck by the question of where individuals would prefer to die. You know, the one where…
The Fellowship Match: Geriatrics Is In, Palliative Care is Still Out
May 2, 2012
The biggest announcement so far at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting is that Geriatricswill be entering into the fellowship…
An Appeal to Bring Medical Eduction into Nursing Homes
May 1, 2012
What happens when the head of one of the most prominent medical education journals publishes a call for every medical…
Gross National Happiness, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
April 19, 2012
I saw one of my favorite philosophers speak yesterday: Peter Singer. His book Animal Liberation is reason I became a vegetarian…
The “Silver Tsunami” is coming. What am I doing to prepare?
April 17, 2012
Everyone involved in geriatric care has heard the news: The “Silver Tsunami” is coming and the U.S. healthcare system is…
Many Disabled Seniors Have a Good Quality of LIfe
April 6, 2012
A dominant focus of research in Geriatric Medicine has been on the prevention of the types of disability that are…