Can physicians initiate conversations about aid in dying? Should they?
June 9, 2016
By Laura Petrillo, MD, @lpetrillz As of today, it is legal for seriously ill patients in California to request lethal…
Aid in Dying: a triumph of choice over care?
June 7, 2016
by: Elizabeth Dzeng (@LizDzeng) On September 11, 2015, the legislative bodies of California and the United Kingdom were both faced…
Just ask-tell-ask: Physician-Surrogate discordance about prognosis in the ICU
May 18, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD I’m sure that all of us have encountered this scenario: the doctor thinks patient’s prognosis is…
How We Die: It’s Less about Who You Are and More About Where You Live
May 16, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Doctors want to believe that they will die differently than the rest of the US. Just…
Thickened Liquid Challenge Strikes Back – #ThickenedLiquidChallenge
May 2, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) This week’s JAMA IMincludes a case of a woman in her 90s with advanced dementia who…
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)
April 25, 2016
Do you think palliative care is important for patients and families? Do you think palliative care is essential for the…
When older adults enroll in hospice, symptoms improve
April 19, 2016
By Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Hospice has taken some tough blows in the last few years. Funding cuts. A reporter at…
Announcing ePrognosis: Communication – using video to teach prognosis communication
April 7, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD We’re thrilled to announce that our other major project (other than GeriPal, that is) has undergone…
Martin Shkreli (aka PalliBro) buys Palliative Care
April 1, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) and Alex Smith (@AlexSmithMD) In other merger and acquisition news today, palliative care was bought today…
Respecting Choices or penalizing them: do DNR orders affect quality ratings?
March 21, 2016
by: Lena Makaroun, @LenaKMakaroun Since 2010, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has been reporting hospital quality measures…