Does Octreotide Work for Malignant Bowel Obstruction?
March 11, 2015
by: Colin Scibetta, MD (@colinscibetta) Malignant bowel obstructions are a known complication of advanced cancer, especially in ovarian and gastrointestinal,…
How to Succeed at the #ThickenedLiquidChallenge
March 4, 2015
by: Kelley Babcock, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, @kelleybabcock The #thickenedliquidchallengehas certainly raised awareness of how difficult it can be for patients…
Using video to jumpstart The Conversation: a book review
February 26, 2015
Reviewed: The Conversation, by Angelo Volandes Reviewed by: Alex Smith Using video to help patients with serious illness make decisions…
CoPs – obstacle, or inspiration?
February 16, 2015
by Jerry Soucy, RN, CHPN The title of Amy Getter’s Geripal piece poses a critical question: As we face…
Breathing Heartfelt Care
February 14, 2015
by: Kim Evanoski, CMC MPA LMSW Sometimes on the walking trail I get to thinking about my week. The quiet…
The True Art of Medicine: Atul Gawande and The Being Mortal Documentary
February 9, 2015
by: Stephanie E. Rogers, MD @SERogersMD “The two big unfixables are aging and dying…you can’t fix those,” notes physician-writer Dr…
Top 25 Studies in Hospice and Palliative Care (#HPMtop25)
February 5, 2015
A recent article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published a list of 27 “landmark” peer-reviewed foundational articles…
The Meaning of the Challenge: It’s about More Than Thickened Liquids
February 4, 2015
by: Suzanne Gordon The other day, with much trepidation, I took the Thickened Liquid Challenge. As a well known wimp,…
Pallimed-GeriPal Party at the Annual Assembly of AAHPM-HPNA-SWHPN
January 26, 2015
Time to gather your peers and join fellow readers of Pallimed and GeriPal for our annual party at the Annual…
Working with rather than against speech & swallow therapists #ThickenedLiquidChallenge
January 23, 2015
By Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD and Sarah Stranberg, Speech Pathologist, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Consider the following vignettes, common in…