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…
Use and Misuse of Chemotherapy at the End of Life
December 3, 2015
by: Danny Cox (@dannyMD) The goal of palliative chemotherapy for patients with terminal cancer is to prolong survival and improve…
Moral distress among residents: the hidden price of futility
October 20, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Have you ever had that experience when you think what you’re doing is futile, and that…
The Evidence for Palliative Care Is Better Than Many Drugs Approved by FDA
October 16, 2015
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) “But one of the most sobering facts is that no current policy or practice designed to…
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…
Report on palliative care in US hospitals: glass 2/3 full or 1/3 empty?
October 2, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD The Center to Advance Palliative Care and the National Palliative Care Research Center just released their…
Drugs and Bugs at the End of Life
October 2, 2015
by: Eric Widera @ewidera The majority of hospitalized patients with advanced cancer are given antibiotics in the last week of life.…
The Death Menu
September 11, 2015
by: Amy Getter, RN, MS Death scenarios, debates about assisted suicide, hospice and end of life commentaries, “Death cafes” and…
Redesigning Dying
September 10, 2015
Dying is in serious need of a redesign. This is the point of BJ Miller’s TED talk that was given…
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…