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When Staying Silent is No Longer Acceptable

May 9, 2013

A Guantanamo detainee’s feet are shackled to the floor, April 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Michelle Shephard, Pool) (Credit: Associated Press) Recent…

May 7, 2013

Some of my favorite teaching incorporates video. Recently, I saw an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) DVD with movie excerpts…

March 5, 2013

Shoes modeled by famous palliative care researcher KS I’m reviewing grants for the National Palliative Care Research Center in New…

December 3, 2012

Obi-Wan: “These are not the droids you’re looking for.” Stormtrooper: “These are not the droids we’re looking for.” Obi-Wan: “He…

September 8, 2012

Let’s do something together. Let’s ban the phrase “do everything.” Judy Citko gave me a heads up about an articlein the pediatric…

July 24, 2012

(To see the JGIM image click this link) Perhaps you have said, or heard someone declare, “I want DNR tattooed across…

April 19, 2012

I saw one of my favorite philosophers speak yesterday: Peter Singer. His book Animal Liberation is reason I became a vegetarian…

April 4, 2012

For the most part in geriatrics and palliative care we like to point the finger at other medical providers and…

February 20, 2012

Palliative Medicine specialists do much to improve quality of life in persons with serious illness. But ultimately, providing better care…

January 26, 2012

We have learned a lot of lessons in Hospice and Palliative Care about how political discourse can impact our field…