Does “compassionate deception” have a place in palliative care?
October 30, 2018
by: Olivia Gamboa (@Liv_g_g) There is broad consensus in the medical community that lying to patients is unethical. However, in…
All the Questions You Had About Opioids But Were Afraid To Ask: A Podcast with Mary Lynn McPherson
October 5, 2018
On today’s podcast we go deep into the mind of one of the most brilliant and respected palliative care pharmacists,…
Top 5 Resources for Studying for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Board Exams
May 25, 2018
We have started to get a lot of questions about how best to study for the 2018 Hospice and Palliative…
Palliative care in nursing homes: Podcast with Caroline Stephens
February 13, 2018
Advance Care Planning · Geriatrics · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Nursing Homes · Palliative Care · Portable Medical Orders (POLST)
Many in palliative care (including us) have argued that the default care model in nursing homes should be a palliative…
Advance Care Planning in the Hospital: Are Palliative Care Doctors Doing Enough?
January 22, 2018
We have a great podcast this week exploring the advance care planning needs for hospitalized adults and what palliative care…
Prognostication in Hospice and Palliative Care – A Podcast with Christian Sinclair
December 11, 2017
For this weeks podcast, we talk all about prognostication with Christian Sinclair (@ctsinclair). Christian is a palliative care physician at…
Global Palliative Care Takes the Stage
November 15, 2017
by: Jessi Humphreys, MD (@jessi_humphreys) Across the world, millions of individuals, largely from developing regions, suffer and die in pain,…
Skin Failure: A New Paradigm
October 30, 2017
by Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF, CWSP Skin failure is an emerging concept that deserves wider acceptance, particularly in the…
Implicit Bias and Its Impact in Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care
October 28, 2017
On this week’s podcast we have invited Dr. Kimberly Curseen to talk about how implicit bias influences us as providers…
Palliative Wound Care: A New Frontier
September 25, 2017
By Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF, CWS-P I recently completed the revised chapter on pressure injuries for the Geriatrics Review…