The Biggest Questions in Palliative Care and Geriatrics Finally Answered
October 21, 2011
Every week we have been posting a lot of questions on GeriPal about some of the biggest issues in geriatrics…
Jane Gross on the Failings of Medicare
October 20, 2011
In the most recent Sunday New York Times, Jane Gross gives a devastating critiqueof Medicare’s Failure to support the needs…
Take the “H” out of AAHPM/HPNA? Let’s Discuss.
October 14, 2011
All Posts · American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Hospice · Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)
Should the word “hospice” be taken out of the professional society names: “American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine,” and…
Inappropriate prescribing
October 14, 2011
It’s been a while since I posted but I had to share frustration! This week I saw a new patient…
Poster Sessions at Medical Meetings: A Better Approach
October 11, 2011
The poster session is a ubiquitous part of most medical and scientific meetings. The format is pretty much always the…
What We Can Learn While Driving to Work
October 10, 2011
Here is today’s GeriPal puzzler: what can medicine learn from Click and Clack, the Car Talk guys? Give up? I…
Three times higher rates of surgery before death in Munster, Indiana than Honolulu, Hawaii
October 8, 2011
A McMansion in Munster, IN, from Wikimedia Commons Honolulu, HI, from Wikimedia Commons Following up on our previous post about…
Advance directives reduce end-of-life costs in New York and Los Angeles
October 5, 2011
When have advance directives ever been shown to do anything? They were a complete failure in SUPPORT. Study after study…
Ever visited a patient’s Facebook page? Had a patient visit yours?
October 1, 2011
The other day Eric Widera and I were teaching a course to the medical students about writing for social media…
Too Little Care? Too Much Care?
September 29, 2011
I wanted to get this community’s thoughts on a recent article that made some headlines (see ABC news and New York…