Use and Misuse of Chemotherapy at the End of Life
December 3, 2015
by: Danny Cox (@dannyMD) The goal of palliative chemotherapy for patients with terminal cancer is to prolong survival and improve…
An Update from the Hill: Advancing the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)
November 5, 2015
Washington D.C. was an exciting place at the end of October. Sure there was a whirlwind deal to shore up…
Recognizing the Incurable in Ancient Egypt
November 2, 2015
by Jeffrey M Levine MD The art of medicine is as old as human civilization, and what we think is…
Moral distress among residents: the hidden price of futility
October 20, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Have you ever had that experience when you think what you’re doing is futile, and that…
The Evidence for Palliative Care Is Better Than Many Drugs Approved by FDA
October 16, 2015
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) “But one of the most sobering facts is that no current policy or practice designed to…
California assisted suicide bill signed into law, what next?
October 6, 2015
By: Laura Petrillo, MD @lpetrillz Governor Jerry Brown signed California bill ABx2-15 into lawtoday. The law will give California doctors…
Report on palliative care in US hospitals: glass 2/3 full or 1/3 empty?
October 2, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD The Center to Advance Palliative Care and the National Palliative Care Research Center just released their…
Drugs and Bugs at the End of Life
October 2, 2015
by: Eric Widera @ewidera The majority of hospitalized patients with advanced cancer are given antibiotics in the last week of life…
Hope and Uncertainty
September 30, 2015
Source: Wikimedia by: Sei Lee I wanted to alert folks to a wonderful “Piece of My Mind” article in JAMA…
A physicians group’s baseless objections to advance care planning
September 28, 2015
AAPS objections to CMS payment for Advance Care Planning are a wreck. Source: Wikimedia Commons by: Stan Terman, PhD, MD…