“He will definitely not survive” – I do not think it means what you think it means
May 30, 2012
Photo Copyright Annie Levy, 2008 Sorry, stuckon the Princess Bride references. At our most recent geriatrics journal club we discussed…
A Chance to Revise the POLST
May 24, 2012
We have written a lot about POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) in previous GeriPal posts. Mostly, with great…
The longer you live, the longer it will take to die
May 22, 2012
Age is one of the great modern adventures, a technological marvel—we’re given several more youthfulish decades if we take care…
Purity of Intention is A Shaky Foundation
May 17, 2012
I wrote previously of the anti-choice attack on palliative care and the vulnerability of providers whose protection rests on proof…
A Thin Reed to Hang On
May 16, 2012
It’s no news to most GeriPal readers that a cadre of anti-choice forces targets end-of-life care. In their sights are…
The Fellowship Match: Geriatrics Is In, Palliative Care is Still Out
May 2, 2012
The biggest announcement so far at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting is that Geriatricswill be entering into the fellowship…
An Appeal to Bring Medical Eduction into Nursing Homes
May 1, 2012
What happens when the head of one of the most prominent medical education journals publishes a call for every medical…
Blogs to Boards: Question 7
April 14, 2012
This is the seventh in a series of 41 posts from both GeriPal and Pallimed to get our physician readers ready for the hospice…
Blogs to Boards: Question 5
April 7, 2012
This is the fifth in a series of 41 posts from both GeriPal and Pallimed to get our physician readers ready for the hospice…
Honoring Wishes: A Story by Nancy Lundebjerg
April 3, 2012
Have you ever read something that made you very sad? I did at the end of last week. It was…