BREAKING: cancer therapy prolongs survival 6 months, worth 2-3 billion/year
March 25, 2015
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD An article was published yesterday that provides supporting evidence that a treatment* for advanced cancer improves…
Timing is everything
February 10, 2015
by: Jason Johanning, vascular surgeon, University of Nebraska We as surgeons know that the timing of an intervention is an…
Choosing life: a story of the value of palliative care
January 14, 2015
by Leanne M. Yanni, MD It’s a name. It comes across in our Electronic Health Record as a consult is…
What you can do today to pull the plug on Sarah Palin’s “death panel” myth
December 19, 2014
Perhaps enough time has passed that when you think about Sarah Palin, her antics seem almost cute in their absurdity. …
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine: Partners in a Common Mission
November 10, 2014
Over the past decade, the disciplines of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine have become intellectual cousins. Within Palliative Medicine, the recognition…
Addressing Unmet Palliative and Geriatric Needs of Zombies
November 1, 2014
Considerable evidence indicates that zombies do not receive optimal palliative or geriatric care. High prevalence of untreated pain, depression, decreased…
A Call for Maternalism in Medicine
October 10, 2014
by: Laura Petrillo @lpetrillz After a recent family meeting, I received a piece of feedback from a social worker that…
Atul Gawande, just what the doctor ordered
October 8, 2014
by: Stephanie Rogers @SERogersMD Atul Gawande is expanding the conversation about care at the end of life with his new book,…
Training doctors to be a little more like cab drivers
September 24, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD As it’s early in the year, we usually like to post about some advice for trainees,…
New IOM Report on Dying in America
September 18, 2014
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD I’d like to draw GeriPal readers’ attention to the new report issued by the Institute of…