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…
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…
Is Longer CPR Better CPR?
September 21, 2012
A fascinating study by Zachary Goldberger and colleagues was just published in the Lancet. The study gave us some good…
Endoscopy also encouraged
September 21, 2012
Following on Sei’s thoughts about robotic-assisted surgery, a fascinating job posting rolled through my inbox that I just couldn’t resist…
Ban the Phrase “Do Everything”: It’s Dangerous Nonsense
September 8, 2012
Let’s do something together. Let’s ban the phrase “do everything.” Judy Citko gave me a heads up about an articlein the pediatric…
Retirement When Coping with Serious Illness
August 29, 2012
I have been thinking about retirement a lot lately (no, not my own!) While retirement may be mentioned in terms…
TAVR: Life-prolonging and palliative or risky and costly?
August 27, 2012
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a therapy proposed “as the standard of care for symptomatic patients with aortic stenosis…