Call for Nominations for Primary Palliative Care Improvement Expert Panel
October 25, 2010
I’m passing on this call for nominations from the American Board of Internal Medicine for an expert to serve on…
Palliative Chemotherapy
October 14, 2010
by: Robert Killeen MDIs there anyone amongst the readership that can direct me to a list, a compendium of purely…
Rx for US Health Care: Grand Junction?
October 1, 2010
Atul Gawande’s latest piece on Palliative Careis fantastic, and I hope you have read his “McAllen, Texas piece” on the…
Potpourri from Clinical Work III
September 16, 2010
Interesting issues and questions from my recent stint on the inpatient hospice and palliative care service. Hospices are not supposed to…
Palliative Care Prolongs Life
August 19, 2010
Thanks to Wikimedia commons for picture, A puffer fish kissing the glass. No intentional relationship to the post, Just loved…
Random Thoughts on Palliative Care in Scotland through US eyes
August 5, 2010
I have been in Scotland since the beginning of July observing their health care system and working in a variety…
Why not palliative oncology?
July 23, 2010
WHY NOT PALLIATIVE ONCOLOGY? The goal of palliative care is to relieve symptoms, reduce suffering and improve a patient’s quality…
Call for Submissions: 2011 Educational Exchange at AAHPM
July 12, 2010
Back by popular demand! The Educational Exchange at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine…
Palliative Care Grand Rounds – 3 Degrees of Separation
July 7, 2010
It’s that time again. Geripal is hosting Palliative Care Grand Rounds. This time we are going to try a little…
Have We Improved Outcomes for Elderly Patients Admitted with Heart Failure?
June 2, 2010
Hospitalization for heart failure is exceedingly common, accounting for more than 1.1 million hospitalizations in 2006. It is also the…