Are social networks blurring the boundaries between professional and personal lives?
April 17, 2010
Facebook, Twitter, Yammer and the Internet overall is a game changer. The rulebook of how we practice medicine has changed…
Palliative Care and the Awareness of Death
April 10, 2010
Rob Pardi’s comments in the Pallimed discussion affected me deeply. His honesty, integrity, and willingness to share were so impressive that…
Dr. Desiree Pardi: Reconciling Her Life and Her Death
April 9, 2010
The New York Times recently ran an article titled “Helping Patients Face Death, She Fought to Live”. The article told…
Meaningful Activities For Persons With Dementia
April 8, 2010
All Posts · Care Managers · Dementia · Education · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Long Term Care · Mental Health · Palliative Care · Seniors
There is a lot of focus on what elders with dementia can’t do. But what about more discussion of what…
Need your input on a potential JPM Series on Geriatric Palliative Care
April 4, 2010
We need your help in identifying key topics for new inter-disciplinary JPM series: Idea: To create a regular series in…
Q&A with Jeff Gordon – Author of “A Death Prolonged”
March 25, 2010
Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels…
Talking Palliative Care and Death: Get Up, Stand Up, Grow Up
March 11, 2010
Finally. This debate has been waiting to happen ever since NHO added the “PC” to its name back in the…
More on dementia and mammograms
February 17, 2010
All Posts · Cancer · Care Managers · Communication · Dementia · End-of-Life · Geriatrics · Mental Health · Palliative Care · Primary Care · Screening
We recently discusseda study that described the common practice of obtaining screening mammograms in women with dementia. We considered how…
A Call for Hospice Reform: Nurse Practitioners Lead the Way
February 15, 2010
Last week a physician colleague expressed her concern about signing routine hospice admission orders for her elderly patient with end…
The Cultural Distance Between Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
February 5, 2010
I just read Chris Feudtner’s brief piece, “The Breadth of Hopes,” in the New England Journal. Among other things, the…