Legal Restrictions Compromise Effectiveness of Advance Directives
January 23, 2011
Imagine that you are caring for Ted, a patient in hospice who would like to go from Los Angeles to…
Potpourri from Clinical Work IV
January 22, 2011
I was palliative care attending for a month, from mid-December to mid-January. Here a few observations from my time on…
What if Mom dies in San Francisco but Dad is buried in Vermont?
January 16, 2011
I was recently asked by a patient’s family member what they need to prepare for should their loved one pass…
Understanding Frailty
January 13, 2011
Frailty is a central concept of Geriatrics. It would only be a slight stretch to claim that the clinical practice…
Patient-Centered Care: A Perspective by Amy Berman
January 13, 2011
“For those of you who haven’t yet heard, I have recently been diagnosed with Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer. This…
Eric Widera wins Cunniff-Dixon Foundation Award!
January 11, 2011
Congratulations to GeriPal co-founder Eric Widera for winning an early career Cunniff-Dixon Foundation Award for improving care of patients near the…
Death Panel Legacy
January 5, 2011
Yesterday, legislation that would have reimbursed physicians for advance care planning discussions was stripped from Medicare regulations related to the…
Nip/tuck GeriPal Style: A New Year, A New Look
January 3, 2011
It has been a little over a year and a half since we started GeriPal. In that time our little…
Surrogate Decision Making in the ICU
December 30, 2010
Imagine your loved one is very sick in the ICU. So sick that the ICU doctor believes that there is…
Outcomes of Surgery in Older Persons: How Could We Know So Little?
December 28, 2010
About half of all operations performed in the United States are performed on persons over the age of 65. So…