What is your front desk saying about palliative care?
September 9, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Do you know what the operator or person at the front desk is saying about palliative…
The Ultimate “Palliative” Branded Products
July 28, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) The word “palliative” is popping up in a lot of unexpected places of late. Sometimes…
Antipsychotics for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
July 22, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) So yesterday I wrote about the rapid uptake of using antipsychotics for insomnia in the hospital…
JAMA ICU Trial: Messaging, Information Toxicity, and The Simpsons
July 13, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD There’s been some terrific discussion about the ICU trial published in JAMA. I’d like to share…
Launching the Master of Science in Palliative Care Program
February 16, 2016
In June, 2015 I wrote about the need to for new training programs in palliative care because of the projected…
Timing of Palliative Care Consultations – Is Earlier Better?
January 6, 2016
Growth in inpatient palliative care over the last decade has been remarkable. A study published this monthshowed that in 1998…
Physician as Healer or Harmer? The Ethical Context of Aid in Dying
December 14, 2015
by: Elizabeth Dzeng, @LizDzeng As ethicists like to point out, what is the law is not always ethical and what is…
A Palliative Care Fellow’s Perspective on Physician-Assisted Death
December 10, 2015
by Danny Cox (@DannyMD) I’ll be honest. When I started my fellowship in palliative care 4 short months ago, I…
An Update from the Hill: Advancing the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)
November 5, 2015
Washington D.C. was an exciting place at the end of October. Sure there was a whirlwind deal to shore up…
Report on palliative care in US hospitals: glass 2/3 full or 1/3 empty?
October 2, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD The Center to Advance Palliative Care and the National Palliative Care Research Center just released their…