One Step Closer: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)
September 7, 2016
by Paul Tatum (@doctatum) This Labor Day weekend it is time to feel grateful for the politicians in Washington DC…
Round-up of physician aid in dying news in California
September 2, 2016
By: Laura Petrillo, @lpetrillz The End of Life Option Act has been in effect in California for almost three months. …
Inappropriate Prescribing of Transdermal Fentanyl in Opioid Naïve Nursing Home Residents
August 11, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) If you had to guess what long acting opioid is most commonly started on in nursing…
There Is No Glamorous Pink Ribbon Here: A Reflection on Death and Life
August 1, 2016
by: Bridget Blitz, LCSW, ACHP-SW Her name was Faith, at least for the purposes of this reflection. The night before she…
The Ultimate “Palliative” Branded Products
July 28, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) The word “palliative” is popping up in a lot of unexpected places of late. Sometimes…
Antipsychotics for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
July 22, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) So yesterday I wrote about the rapid uptake of using antipsychotics for insomnia in the hospital…
Antipsychotics for Sleep: When Did This Become a Thing?
July 21, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Sleep. It’s sometimes hard enough to get enough at home with all the distractions of…
Fast food-style palliative care consults found inneffective, may cause PTSD
July 6, 2016
by: Alex Smith, MD. Alex Smith was formerly a palliative care attending at UCSF. Now that his work has been…
Palliative Care: Who Do We Serve?
June 26, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Some of the best evidence for palliative care comes from interventions focused primarily on individuals with…
Yet another harm of docusate
June 22, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) We’ve written about the harms and lack of efficacy of docusate a fair amount on Geripal…