Remembering David Solomon
August 20, 2013
I am in Lake Tahoe for a leadership retreat for the scholars in the Dennis W. Jahnigen and T. Franklin…
Inappropriate Management of Hypertension and Diabetes in the Hospital
August 18, 2013
A great Viewpoint in JAMA Internal Medicine describes an important and common cause of over treatment and medication errors in…
Research Amplifies Need for Patient-Centered Goals of Care Discussion
August 10, 2013
How important is reducing the risk of one ailment if it increases the risk of another? A class of drugs…
2 MUST Views: Portraits of the Elderly as They Once Were and Jane Lotter Obituary
August 2, 2013
I wanted to draw GeriPal readers attention to two websites that you must view. Really, right now. If you have 5…
Open Wound by Karlawish – A Wonderful Read
July 27, 2013
I wanted to alert the Geripal community about a wonderful and interesting book written by one of our colleagues: Open…
July Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Teaching Imminent Death
July 20, 2013
Shunryu Suzuki by Robert Boni “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” is a collection of talks by the late Zen MasterShunryu Suzuki. The…
Nudging residents to document advance directives
July 16, 2013
Picture of this frog has no bearing on the post. I’m not saying residents are frogs in disguise. Seriously. It’s…
Why the Mini-Mental State Examination (“MMSE”) Copyright Has No Legal Standing
July 12, 2013
Over a year ago, John Newman and Robin Feldman wrote in the New England Journal Of Medicine about a company,…
How do you teach about Prognostication?
June 27, 2013
Prognostication is one of the most challenging concepts; however, there are some good teaching tools to get you started! A…
Death of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse, Part 2
June 26, 2013
-By Joannie Ericson RN, MS This is the second and last of the Death of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner series…