Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine
January 9, 2013
I just got my hands on a copy of a fabulous new book by Drs Goldstein and Morrison and felt…
Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so.
January 6, 2013
Above is Christopher Nieman’s beautiful illustration of Maurice Sendak’s heartwarming and deeply moving NPR interview with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross…
Successful Aging Does Not Equal Aging without Disability
January 5, 2013
What does successful aging look like? In one of the more influential papers on the subject published in 1987, Rowe…
The Official Launch of PREPARE: an Easy-to-Use, Online Advance Care Planning Tool
January 4, 2013
HOW can people prepare to have the conversation about what matters most in life and HOW can they prepare for…
Medical Foster Homes: An exciting alternative to Nursing home care
December 21, 2012
A frail older patient has reached the point that living independently at home is no longer possible and family are…
The Business of Selling Hope
December 15, 2012
This is the third post to be loosely inspired by our recent trip to the Coalition for Compassionate Care of…
Man Dies after Cowardly Battle with Cancer
December 14, 2012
Full credit to the Onion for the title idea for this post, and thanks to James Mittelberger for the tip…
The Disconnect Between the Advance Care Planning Needs of the Healthcare System and the Needs of Patients
December 11, 2012
I recently attended the California Coalition for Compassionate Care’s (CCCC), Physicians’ Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) meeting last week…
Parenteral Fluids at the End of Life
December 6, 2012
It is better to die dry than wet. At least that is the gist of traditional thinking in hospice and…
Bereavement Does Not Immunize the Grieving Person Against Major Depression
December 4, 2012
This is a guest post by Dr. Ronald Pies in response to this week’s GeriPal post about the removal of…