Leadership IS a geriatrics competency
May 11, 2013
by: Helen Chen, MD Riding back to DFW on the airport shuttle after attending the Pioneer ACO presentations during the…
When Staying Silent is No Longer Acceptable
May 9, 2013
A Guantanamo detainee’s feet are shackled to the floor, April 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Michelle Shephard, Pool) (Credit: Associated Press) Recent…
That Place Between Youth and Scattered Ashes
May 8, 2013
Being a New Yorker, I am a bit obsessed with the windows of the dowager department stores that march down…
Using YouTube Movie Clips to Teach Breaking Bad News
May 7, 2013
Some of my favorite teaching incorporates video. Recently, I saw an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) DVD with movie excerpts…
Honoring Nurses
May 6, 2013
National Nurses week begins on May 6, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the “founder of modern nursing”, and continues through…
Are Older Persons Being Over Treated for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer?
May 2, 2013
One could argue that nonmelanoma skin cancer should not even be called Cancer. While under the microscope it looks like…
#AGS13: Views of Geriatrics and Palliative Care from Four Continents
April 30, 2013
This years’ American Geriatrics Society (AGS) meeting in Grapevine, Texas, is fast approaching. The schedule is jam packed with great…
Surrogate End Points in Drug Trials: Caveat Emptor
April 29, 2013
It seems like such a good idea. Before a patient takes a new drug, they would like to know that…
Do patients need to know they are terminally ill?
April 26, 2013
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has published a couple of interesting pieces this week that might interest you (controversy alert…
Google and Why Modern Medicine is in a Rut
April 25, 2013
I’m at the annual SGIM meeting and the following topics came up in conversations w/various folks, so I thought I…