Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness – A Book Review
April 27, 2010
On my way out of the hospital this evening I ran into a soon-to-be palliative care fellow. Our conversation quickly…
Q&A with Jeff Gordon – Author of “A Death Prolonged”
March 25, 2010
Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels…
A Call for Hospice Reform: Nurse Practitioners Lead the Way
February 15, 2010
Last week a physician colleague expressed her concern about signing routine hospice admission orders for her elderly patient with end…
Social Media in Palliative Care Communities: A New Workshop at the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly
February 3, 2010
A new workshop on the usage of online social media has been added to the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly this March…
My last few days with my grandmother
December 17, 2009
It was the a Monday morning in November when I got the first call from my uncle Gili – my…
Destination Therapy and Reversing Frailty
December 11, 2009
For those geriatric and palliative care practitioners who glossed over the recent NEJM publication of the Heartmate II trialas yet…
Dying in 14 Minutes of 60 Minutes
November 23, 2009
CBS did a segment entitled “The Cost Of Dying” on tonight’s 60 Minutes. Considering the title of the segment and…
Hospice Upheaval
November 19, 2009
It never occurred to me until today that enrolling my patients in hospice could cause them harm and distress. What…
The Price of Hospice Rate Cuts
October 23, 2009
It goes without saying one can’t put a price on the last months, weeks and days of a life shared…
Death Panel Redux: Palliative Care Strikes Back
October 13, 2009
The hysteria around “death panels” has largely died down (no pun intended). This largely coincided with the removal of the…