The Evidence for Palliative Care Is Better Than Many Drugs Approved by FDA
October 16, 2015
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) “But one of the most sobering facts is that no current policy or practice designed to…
California assisted suicide bill signed into law, what next?
October 6, 2015
By: Laura Petrillo, MD @lpetrillz Governor Jerry Brown signed California bill ABx2-15 into lawtoday. The law will give California doctors…
Report on palliative care in US hospitals: glass 2/3 full or 1/3 empty?
October 2, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD The Center to Advance Palliative Care and the National Palliative Care Research Center just released their…
Drugs and Bugs at the End of Life
October 2, 2015
by: Eric Widera @ewidera The majority of hospitalized patients with advanced cancer are given antibiotics in the last week of life.…
Hope and Uncertainty
September 30, 2015
Source: Wikimedia by: Sei Lee I wanted to alert folks to a wonderful “Piece of My Mind” article in JAMA…
Ambulating Manhattan
September 28, 2015
Across the globe, more than half the world’s population lives in cities, and there is a growing recognition that urban…
The Death Menu
September 11, 2015
by: Amy Getter, RN, MS Death scenarios, debates about assisted suicide, hospice and end of life commentaries, “Death cafes” and…
Redesigning Dying
September 10, 2015
Dying is in serious need of a redesign. This is the point of BJ Miller’s TED talk that was given…
Recent Covers on The Gerontologist
September 8, 2015
The most recent issues of The Gerontologist (June and August 2015) feature photos I took in 2012 on a trip…
Technology Will Transform Care for Older People: Truth or Hype? (Hint: HYPE)
September 7, 2015
I seem to keep hearing stories about how fancy new technologies will transform care for older persons. Living in the…