3 Issues of Hospice
July 20, 2010
by: Robert Killeen MD Three Issues of Hospice I’d like to address three recurrent problems I’ve found in the field…
Palliative Care Grand Rounds – 3 Degrees of Separation
July 7, 2010
It’s that time again. Geripal is hosting Palliative Care Grand Rounds. This time we are going to try a little…
The breadth of life-sustaining treatment
June 25, 2010
In a recent story in the New York Times, Katy Butler described her parents’ experiences with illness, the health care…
End Stage Dementia: What to do with treatment?
June 21, 2010
Hospice programs provide much needed care and support for patients, families and caregivers for people with end-stage dementias. Thanks to…
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…