Patient-centeredness is the Intuitive Grasping of Health care Quality
February 27, 2013
Improving the health outcomes of older adults with multiple chronic morbidities has been my calling as a physician. During residency,…
Palliative Care and Chronic Pain: Time for a Rethink?
February 26, 2013
There is a revolution in palliative care. No longer just for those with advanced and often-incurable illness, individuals receiving palliative…
Opportunities to Educate the Public, National Public Radio (NPR), and Even Ourselves about Hospice and Palliative Care
February 22, 2013
I was completely thrilled this morning to see that NPR had a blog postcovering the Choosing Wisely initiative. The NPR…
Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question in Palliative Care and Geriatrics
February 21, 2013
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the American Geriatrics Society have partnered up the American Board of…
What is your patient’s PPD status?
February 21, 2013
Bree Johnston, a true believer in geriatrics and palliative care, contributor to GeriPal, and erstwhile colleague at UCSF, recently returned…
Gearing Up for the AAHPM Annual Meeting
February 18, 2013
This is the first in a series of posts focused on the upcoming American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine’s…
More Tales of Medical Excess: Cancer Screening and the Dangers of Check Box Medicine
February 12, 2013
A distressing study recently published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine once again demonstrates the remarkable proclivity of the…
Sport – A Poem on Frailty
February 12, 2013
An extremely pleasant 89 year old patient of mine has recently been struggling with functional decline. She has developed some new swelling…
“A History of the Present Illness”, a New Book by Dr. Louise Aronson
February 1, 2013
It’s here, it’s here! Dr. Louise Aronson, a geriatrician here in our division at UCSF, just released her book A…
The Geriatrics Scholarship Award Summit: Getting Interns and Residents Excited about Academic Geriatrics
January 31, 2013
Awardees and Faculty at the 2011Scholarship Summit I am excited to announce the third annual Bechtel Geriatrics Scholarship Award Summit…