Rant: “Hospice and Palliative Medicine” Not Listed
May 28, 2012
Quick one here (a little too long for a tweet). I’ve been filling out re-credentialing at the hospital, and was…
A Chance to Revise the POLST
May 24, 2012
We have written a lot about POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) in previous GeriPal posts. Mostly, with great…
Death of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner: Part 1 of 2
May 23, 2012
The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Consensus Work Group and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Advanced Practice Registered…
The longer you live, the longer it will take to die
May 22, 2012
Age is one of the great modern adventures, a technological marvel—we’re given several more youthfulish decades if we take care…
Coffee Is Bad For You. Coffee is Good For You. Why Am I So Confused?
May 21, 2012
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed substances in the world. I suppose many drink coffee because they believe…
Purity of Intention is A Shaky Foundation
May 17, 2012
I wrote previously of the anti-choice attack on palliative care and the vulnerability of providers whose protection rests on proof…
A Thin Reed to Hang On
May 16, 2012
It’s no news to most GeriPal readers that a cadre of anti-choice forces targets end-of-life care. In their sights are…
Mostly Dead vs Completely Dead: A Distinction Best Left to Hollywood
May 14, 2012
I was at a dinner a meeting of the Greenwall Faculty Scholars, a bioethics career development program for junior faculty,…
The Fellowship Match: Geriatrics Is In, Palliative Care is Still Out
May 2, 2012
The biggest announcement so far at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting is that Geriatricswill be entering into the fellowship…
An Appeal to Bring Medical Eduction into Nursing Homes
May 1, 2012
What happens when the head of one of the most prominent medical education journals publishes a call for every medical…