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…
3 Issues of Hospice
July 20, 2010
by: Robert Killeen MD Three Issues of Hospice I’d like to address three recurrent problems I’ve found in the field…
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…
Management of Mucositis: Requesting Your Wisdom
July 8, 2010
I am hoping to get some advice from our Palliative Medicine expert readers on a problem that seems really vexing…
Long Term Care Options: A Novel Outcomes Study
July 8, 2010
What are the options when older persons can no longer live independently at home and need long term care? Many…
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…
The Right to Fail?
July 1, 2010
Recently, Zaldy Tan MD wrote a thoughtful article in JAMA (The “Right” to Fall, JAMA. 2010;303(23):2333-2334) regarding the autonomy of…
The breadth of life-sustaining treatment
June 25, 2010
In a recent story in the New York Times, Katy Butler described her parents’ experiences with illness, the health care…
Presenteeism: A Public Health Hazard
June 24, 2010
Are you a good worker? Do you work hard? Do you care so much about your job that you show…
End Stage Dementia: What to do with treatment?
June 21, 2010
Hospice programs provide much needed care and support for patients, families and caregivers for people with end-stage dementias. Thanks to…