Sorry, no podcast this week. Rather, we are asking a favor of you. It’s been several years since we did…
I would love the input of GeriPal readers on an issue. The commonly used phrases, “demented patient,” or “demented person,”…
“Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so.” So said Angela Fagerlin and Carl Schneider…
As a Geriatrician, it is fair to say that we work with a fair number of patients who have disabilities…
On my way out of the hospital this evening I ran into a soon-to-be palliative care fellow. Our conversation quickly…
America’s leading teaching hospitals anxiously await the release of the annual US News hospital ratings. The “winning” hospitals will heavily…
Over the last 30 years we have tried to standardize patient communication about end-of-life issues though the utilization of statutory…
The American Academy of Neurologyrecently released a very useful guideline on the evaluation of driving risk in patients with dementia…
Facebook, Twitter, Yammer and the Internet overall is a game changer. The rulebook of how we practice medicine has changed…
It is a story that happens all too frequently in a fragmented healthcare system. A woman with cancer on chemotherapy…
Rob Pardi’s comments in the Pallimed discussion affected me deeply. His honesty, integrity, and willingness to share were so impressive that…