Opioid Dysmotility Dance Video
September 24, 2011
If you see just one YouTube video where a doctor uses his own body to teach, then see Cardiac Arrhythmias…
Social Isolation Faced by Many Gay Elders
September 17, 2011
We have written several pieces in GeriPal about issues such as isolation and loneliness. One aspect that we haven’t really…
China Making it Illegal Not to Care
September 14, 2011
When I was 16 years old, I decided to volunteer in a nursing home. On my first day, I visited…
Befuddlement at Hospital Discharge
September 12, 2011
Hospitalizations present a host of dangers to an older patient, and perhaps one of the most hazardous parts of hospitalization…
Hip Fracture: “A Quintessential Geriatric Illness”
September 7, 2011
Image from the National Library of Medicine nlm.nih.gov I’d like to briefly turn readers attention to two terrific papers published…
A Study of Dignity Therapy on Distress and the End-of-Life Experience
September 5, 2011
Dignity Therapy is a brief form of psychotherapy developed by Harvey Chochinov, MD with a goal of conserving a dying…
Now I Trust My Heart to Lipitor OTC
September 2, 2011
The New York Times just published an excellent piece by Paula Span on a plan by Pfizer to make its…
Hospital Medicine is Part of Primary Care
August 22, 2011
There has been a lot of policy discussions about the emergence of the hospitalist movement. A decade ago, when a…
Should Clinicans Give Recommendations?
August 20, 2011
I was taught to give recommendations to seriously ill patients and family members facing tough choices. This was probably best…
Graceful dying – all is not equal
August 18, 2011
My dog is dying. When he was diagnosed two months ago with brain lesions, we had an open, practical conversation…