Family Caregivers: The Silent Long Term Care System
July 27, 2009
Long term care is a hot topic. When people talk about long term care, they are generally talking about nursing…
American Geriatrics Society and the AMA: Time to Part Ways?
July 2, 2009
There is very eloquent letter from Richard Stefanacci and colleagues in the June edition of the Journal of the American…
Challenges for Emergency Departments: Incorporating Palliative and Geriatric Care
June 25, 2009
The most recent issue of Annals of Emergency Medicineincluded several interesting articles about the role of geriatrics and palliative care…
An apple a day keeps the doctor away – but it will cost you!
June 21, 2009
On the heals of the Atul Gawande piece in the New Yorker, Dr. Abraham Vergese wrote an interesting cover article…