Can your Emergency Physician find your Advance Directive?
October 28, 2016
by: Ryan Van Wert, MD Providing high quality emergency care to individuals with serious, life-limiting illness starts with an understanding of…
Palliative Care Consultations in Nursing Homes: It Can (and Should) Be Done
October 3, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) One out of every four people living in the United States will die in a nursing…
Dying to be heard, Part 2
September 27, 2016
Click here for a link to Dying to be heard, Part 1 I meant it when I told Mr. Garcia…
Dying to be heard
September 19, 2016
In the notes of the three nephrologists who had seen Carlos Garcia in the weeks before me, I read about…
An Interview with Roz Chast – Author of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
September 13, 2016
by: Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF I had a chance to interview Roz Chast, the New Yorker cartoonist and best selling…
What is your front desk saying about palliative care?
September 9, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Do you know what the operator or person at the front desk is saying about palliative…
One Step Closer: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)
September 7, 2016
by Paul Tatum (@doctatum) This Labor Day weekend it is time to feel grateful for the politicians in Washington DC…
Round-up of physician aid in dying news in California
September 2, 2016
By: Laura Petrillo, @lpetrillz The End of Life Option Act has been in effect in California for almost three months. …
Inappropriate Prescribing of Transdermal Fentanyl in Opioid Naïve Nursing Home Residents
August 11, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) If you had to guess what long acting opioid is most commonly started on in nursing…
There Is No Glamorous Pink Ribbon Here: A Reflection on Death and Life
August 1, 2016
by: Bridget Blitz, LCSW, ACHP-SW Her name was Faith, at least for the purposes of this reflection. The night before she…