Families caring for families
December 28, 2015
by: Amy Getter, who blogs regularly at hospicediary.com “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”…
PTSD at the end of life
December 17, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD I want to draw GeriPal readers attention to a remarkably powerful storyin the current issue of…
A Palliative Care Fellow’s Perspective on Physician-Assisted Death
December 10, 2015
by Danny Cox (@DannyMD) I’ll be honest. When I started my fellowship in palliative care 4 short months ago, I…
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…