Chronic Cancer versus Non-Cancer Pain: A Distinction without a Difference?
March 3, 2016
Eric Widera, MD (@ewidera) In 1824, Jeremy Bentham published the “Book of Fallacies” in which he criticized fifty arguments used…
10th Annual GeriPal / Pallimed Party
March 3, 2016
Plot Summary: A palliative care provider must leave her safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big…
I’ll Have What She’s Having: Goldilocks and the Hospice Benefit
February 25, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Two reports came out last week that can easily lead one to opposite conclusions about the…
Launching the Master of Science in Palliative Care Program
February 16, 2016
In June, 2015 I wrote about the need to for new training programs in palliative care because of the projected…
Visits by Hospice Professional Staff Matter: Why I believe that More is Better
February 9, 2016
by: Joan M Teno (@JoanMTeno) A high quality hospice provides the best end of life care – something that I…
Aging Veterans on the Cover of The Gerontologist
February 8, 2016
I always had a soft spot for veterans, as my father saw action in the Pacific Theater and I grew…
Potpourri from clinical work IX: BiPaP, Movantik, and Lord Grantham
February 5, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD This is the ninth iteration in the potpourri from clinical work series, where I basically raise…
The Opioids Issue: Morphine versus All Comers
February 3, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Next year marks morphine’s 200th anniversary as an analgesic (while it was discovered in 1804, it…
VitalTalk: Mastering Serious Illness Communication
January 29, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) It was with some hesitancy I decided last year to take the VitalTalk Faculty Development course…
Reaction to JAMA theme issue on Death, Dying, and End of Life
January 22, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD JAMA just came out with a theme issue subtitled Death, Dying, and End of Life. Here…