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…
Dumb Medicine: Screening for Cancer in Patients already Diagnosed with Incurable Cancer
October 13, 2010
I used to get sports illustrated, and my favorite column was titled “this weeks sign that the apocalypse is upon…
A New Tool for Delivering Culturally-Competent Geriatric Care
October 11, 2010
By the middle of this century, one out of every three older Americans will be from a diverse group of…
Age Discrimination in Clinical Research: Time For Action
October 10, 2010
Older persons are often severely underrepresented in clinical trials of new drugs, therapies, and devices. Usually, their exclusion from these…
Caring.com: e-caregiving website and “customized” dementia information
October 8, 2010
As a practicing primary care geriatrician, I am always on the lookout for good resources that can help support my…
Call for Action
October 3, 2010
Diane Meier asked us to post this call for action to GeriPal. Please act! Cross posted at Pallimed with terrific example…
Opportunity to Comment on National CLAS Standards
October 1, 2010
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care…
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…
Dying without Dialysis
September 28, 2010
There is a terrific article in this weeks Journal of Pain and Symptom Management by Fliss Murtagh of King’s College…