GeriPal Podcast #2: Breath Becomes Air or Nothing Becomes Something
October 18, 2016
In our second GeriPal Podcast, we discuss Professor Thomas Laqueur’s review of Paul Kalanithi’s book “When Breath Becomes Air.” Professor Laqueur’s review,…
GeriPal Podcast Episode 1: Bed Alarms
October 12, 2016
Welcome to GeriPal’s innagural podcast episode titled “Bed Alarms”. This is the first in a series of podcasts on all…
Palliative Care Consultations in Nursing Homes: It Can (and Should) Be Done
October 3, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) One out of every four people living in the United States will die in a nursing…
Dying to be heard, Part 2
September 27, 2016
Click here for a link to Dying to be heard, Part 1 I meant it when I told Mr. Garcia…
Dying to be heard
September 19, 2016
In the notes of the three nephrologists who had seen Carlos Garcia in the weeks before me, I read about…
An Interview with Roz Chast – Author of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
September 13, 2016
by: Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF I had a chance to interview Roz Chast, the New Yorker cartoonist and best selling…
What is your front desk saying about palliative care?
September 9, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Do you know what the operator or person at the front desk is saying about palliative…
One Step Closer: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)
September 7, 2016
by Paul Tatum (@doctatum) This Labor Day weekend it is time to feel grateful for the politicians in Washington DC…
Round-up of physician aid in dying news in California
September 2, 2016
By: Laura Petrillo, @lpetrillz The End of Life Option Act has been in effect in California for almost three months. …
Inappropriate Prescribing of Transdermal Fentanyl in Opioid Naïve Nursing Home Residents
August 11, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) If you had to guess what long acting opioid is most commonly started on in nursing…