A New Tool for Estimating Prognosis in the Elderly
May 2, 2011
“What if your doctor, making use of a Web site that collected a number of tested geriatric scales, could enter…
Twitter to Tenure: Using Social Media to Enhance Your Career
May 1, 2011
What good is Twitter anyway? Why should I contribute to a blog? What are the limits of what I can…
Studying Race/Ethnicity and Attitudes Toward Death: Helpful or Harmful?
April 26, 2011
I received an email yesterday from CNN asking me to comment on a study published today in the Journal Cancer…
Geriatrician workforce: Rural-Urban
April 26, 2011
So the Baby Boom is here, and the US population over 65 is going to rise to 20% of the…
The Effects of DNR Orders on Post-Surgical Outcomes
April 24, 2011
If you happened to read WebMD the other day you would have seen an article with the headlines ‘DNR Orders…
Book Review: The Salami Salesman and His Daughter Falafel
April 21, 2011
The Salami Salesman and His Daughter Falafelis Dr. Laurie Mallery’s poignant account of the events leading up to her father’s…
Palliative care Nurse Practitioner Models of Care – It’s all about money. Or is it?
April 18, 2011
Within the context of an aging population, a US health care system in financial flux, and the shortage of primary…
The Match is Moving Leaving Geriatrics and Palliative Care Behind
April 15, 2011
The word on the street is that the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) will shortly announce that as of 2012,…
Hemoglobin A1C target of 7 in the elderly. Really? REALLY???
April 14, 2011
I want to draw GeriPal readers attention to a terrific commentaryin this week’s JAMA by GeriPal’s own Sei Lee. Sei…
Opioid Analgesics and the Risk of Fractures in the Elderly
April 12, 2011
Current guidelines from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) state that “NSAIDs and COX-2 selective inhibitors may be considered rarely, and…