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…
GeriPal Taste Test Part I: Liquid Bowel Medications
September 28, 2009
GeriPal has put together a taste test on “Liquid Bowel Medications” which was inspired from a great selection of comments…
Looking for Posts We Love – Palliative Care Grand Rounds Coming Soon
September 25, 2009
Don’t forget that GeriPal is hosting Palliative Care Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 7th! The goal of Palliative Care Grand…
Overuse of Pain Medications in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
September 12, 2009
This week’s Lancet includes an article titled “The Death of Ivan Ilyich and pain relief at the end of life”…
A Rant on Terminology
August 27, 2009
News Headlines read: Sen. Edward Kennedy loses battle with cancer. Really, he lost? I thought he died from a malignant…
Colace
August 9, 2009
Colace is a problem at our hospital too. Both because there is not data that it works and because once…