Families caring for families
December 28, 2015
by: Amy Getter, who blogs regularly at hospicediary.com “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”…
PTSD at the end of life
December 17, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD I want to draw GeriPal readers attention to a remarkably powerful storyin the current issue of…
The most useless thing we routinely teach trainees? A vote for “A&Ox3”
December 16, 2015
by: Winston Chiong (@WinstonChiong) As a neurologist, I read this article and was reminded of one of my pet peeves in…
Physician as Healer or Harmer? The Ethical Context of Aid in Dying
December 14, 2015
by: Elizabeth Dzeng, @LizDzeng As ethicists like to point out, what is the law is not always ethical and what is…
A Palliative Care Fellow’s Perspective on Physician-Assisted Death
December 10, 2015
by Danny Cox (@DannyMD) I’ll be honest. When I started my fellowship in palliative care 4 short months ago, I…
The Invisible Hand Reaches into the Exam Room: Ordinary Medicine by Sharon Kaufman (Review)
December 9, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD Alone in the room with your patient, you think you have control over what happens? You…
Use and Misuse of Chemotherapy at the End of Life
December 3, 2015
by: Danny Cox (@dannyMD) The goal of palliative chemotherapy for patients with terminal cancer is to prolong survival and improve…
An Update from the Hill: Advancing the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)
November 5, 2015
Washington D.C. was an exciting place at the end of October. Sure there was a whirlwind deal to shore up…
Recognizing the Incurable in Ancient Egypt
November 2, 2015
by Jeffrey M Levine MD The art of medicine is as old as human civilization, and what we think is…
Moral distress among residents: the hidden price of futility
October 20, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Have you ever had that experience when you think what you’re doing is futile, and that…