Most Patients with Incurable Cancer Think Chemo Might Cure Them
October 25, 2012
Deer Valley, Utah, from our lodge at the NPCRC retreat I’m at the National Palliative Care Research Center’s Annual Foley…
Poetry Slam
October 24, 2012
(Image of Emu has nothing to do with this post) Seems like there’s been a lot of poetry in the…
COO of the American Geriatrics Society @nlundebjerg on Twitter
October 17, 2012
It’s time to up the ante on the push to get more GeriPal readers on twitter. Today, we have Nancy…
Christian Sinclair on Why We Should Get on Twitter
October 12, 2012
Are you still not convinced that you should sign-up for twitter? Will take more than a “genius” for you to…
Interview with Diane Meier on Why We Should Use Twitter
October 11, 2012
In a little over a week, geriatricians and some palliative care physicians will be converging in St. Louis for the…
“Good evening. Hello. I have cancer. How are you?”
October 10, 2012
Tig Notaro was diagnosed just three days before a standup comedy set with invasive cancer in both of her breasts…
An Advance Directive for When Driving Becomes Unsafe
October 8, 2012
One of the tougher challenges in a busy clinical encounter is the older driver who is potentially unsafe. While clinicians…
Good Luck on the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Boards!!!
October 4, 2012
We just want to wish good luck to all those taking the 2012 Hospice and Palliative care board exams today…
Delirium in NYTimes and introducing GeriTech.org
October 3, 2012
I was thrilled to see this week that delirium is getting some love in the NY Times. If you haven’t seen…
Sometimes It’s Just a Way to Die
September 29, 2012
During my senior year of residency, I brought an elderly gentleman to the operating room with peritonitis and a benign-appearing…