Autonomy for Frail Elders
November 14, 2010
What does autonomy mean to a 95 year old woman with disability, dementia, and heart failure residing in a nursing home? Beauchamp…
Survival from severe sepsis: The infection is cured but all is not well
November 7, 2010
Severe sepsis is a syndrome marked by a severe infection that results in the failure of at least one major…
This Week in the GeriPal Blogosphere
November 4, 2010
Every time I get off the phone with Christian Sinclair (AAHPM board member, Pallimed rock-star, and social media guru) I…
Presidential Proclamations on National Hospice Month
November 2, 2010
Thirty-three years of presidential proclamations have solidified November as National Hospice Month. It is interesting to go back in the…
Life Space: Living Well Despite Disability
October 26, 2010
Geriatric Medicine is obsessed with functional status and disability. Much of the practice of Geriatrics revolves around the prevention or…
Any Symptom in an Older Adult is a Medication Side Effect Until Proven Otherwise
October 26, 2010
Mike Steinman recently published a paper in JAMA about sensible medication managment in older adults. I’ve had the opportunity to…
Call for Nominations for Primary Palliative Care Improvement Expert Panel
October 25, 2010
I’m passing on this call for nominations from the American Board of Internal Medicine for an expert to serve on…
Palliative Chemotherapy
October 14, 2010
by: Robert Killeen MDIs there anyone amongst the readership that can direct me to a list, a compendium of purely…
Dumb Medicine: Screening for Cancer in Patients already Diagnosed with Incurable Cancer
October 13, 2010
I used to get sports illustrated, and my favorite column was titled “this weeks sign that the apocalypse is upon…
A New Tool for Delivering Culturally-Competent Geriatric Care
October 11, 2010
By the middle of this century, one out of every three older Americans will be from a diverse group of…