What Would Don Berwick Do? Obama’s Real Plan for Health Care Reform
April 2, 2010
OK, Congress has passed insurance reform. But President Obama’s proposed nomination of Don Berwick (pictured) to head CMS says a lot…
Does Having a Sense of Purpose Prevent Alzheimer Disease?
March 30, 2010
At our most recent UCSF Division of Geriatricsjournal club, we had a very lively discussion about an article examining whether…
Explaining Palliative Care: Matching Treatment to Patient Goals
March 29, 2010
I was consulted recently about an elderly woman who refused surgery for a large bowel obstruction from a colonic mass…
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…
Jennie Chin Hansen: New CEO of the American Geriatrics Society
March 22, 2010
All Posts · American Geriatrics Society · Geriatrics · Health Policy · Long Term Care · Nursing Homes · Seniors
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) gave us good reason to be optimistic about the future of our organization when it…
Social Workers Are Awesome
March 15, 2010
In 1927, Francis Peabody remarkedthat “The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” Medicine…
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…
Maintaining Relationships: Stop Using the Words ‘Terminal’, ‘Dying’, ‘Hospice’, ‘Advance Directives’ and ‘Bereavement’ that Push Others Away
March 10, 2010
The best learning experiences for me have been times when I come away questioning core assumptions about the work I/we…
GeriPal at HPNA/AAHPM in Boston!
March 2, 2010
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Events · Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)
The annual HPNA/AAHPM conference starts tomorrow and many of us will be in Boston (me, Eric Widera, Patrice Villars, Rebecca…
Potpourri from Clinical Work II
February 28, 2010
I’ve been on the palliative care service these last two weeks. Some interesting and challenging issues came up. I don’t…