Potpourri from clinical work
November 10, 2009
I've been attending on our hospital's palliative care service. Several things have been on my mind, and although I don't…
$50,000 for your favorite Palliative Care Leader in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
November 6, 2009
Who can pass up the chance to give $50K to their favorite palliative care leader or organization if it turns…
Palliative Care Grand Rounds – And the Winner Is…
November 6, 2009
This month's Palliative Care Grand Rounds is now up at Pallimed: Arts and Humanities. Christian Sinclair gave out awards in…
On teaching EKG’s and family meetings
November 3, 2009
On my last day of ward attending, I handed out an EKG that resembled the Dow Jones industrial average over…
Can We Agree To Disagree
October 21, 2009
JAMA published an essaythis week about a conversation I had with my grandparents entitled "Can We Agree to Disagree". This…
Death Panel Redux: Palliative Care Strikes Back
October 13, 2009
The hysteria around “death panels” has largely died down (no pun intended). This largely coincided with the removal of the…
Some Other Disease: A call to action.
October 9, 2009
This blog is a warning. “Some other disease” or SOD will soon become the leading killer of elderly patients in…
Palliative Care Grand Rounds
October 7, 2009
Welcome to Palliative Care Grand Rounds! This monthly blog carnival highlights some of the best and most interesting blog posts…
An Attempt to Balance the Signal-Noise Ratio Surrounding Palliative Care
October 4, 2009
While it has taken years to popularize the word "palliative" (I have to confess that the word still does not…
What if palliative care doesn’t save money?
October 1, 2009
15 years ago, Drs. Zeke and Linda Emanuel wrote an article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled, "The…