The Cultural Distance Between Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
February 5, 2010
I just read Chris Feudtner’s brief piece, “The Breadth of Hopes,” in the New England Journal. Among other things, the…
Persistent Vegetative State: An apt description for the media coverage of PVS
February 4, 2010
The New England Journal of Medicine released a study today revealing some awareness in a minority of patients diagnosed with…
Social Media in Palliative Care Communities: A New Workshop at the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly
February 3, 2010
A new workshop on the usage of online social media has been added to the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly this March…
What a nursing assistant will tell us…if we ask
January 29, 2010
A friend recently forwarded me an update to a story first reported in the Washington Post in May 2009 about…
Mammograms in Women with Dementia: What’s the Problem?
January 29, 2010
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A study in the American Journal of Public Healthexamining mammogram use in older persons found that 18% of women with…
Morphine Sulfate oral solution is now FDA approved
January 27, 2010
Morphine sulfate oral solution is now FDA approved thanks to a concerted effort by many in the hospice and palliative…
How do you treat your elderly clinic patients for chronic pain?
January 26, 2010
As noted on the Pallimed blog, a study published last week in Annals of Internal Medicine reports on adverse events…
“Do not punctuate the end of your life with a senseless act of brutality!”
January 22, 2010
Words have power. Language has power. The words we use may comfort or shock, allay or provoke, sooth or batter…
Post Traumatic Stress in Late Life
January 18, 2010
Over the past year, I have had several 80+ patients, combat veterans of WWII, who have had very significant symptoms…
Making Our Voices Heard: A Year in Review
January 17, 2010
It has been 6 months since the start of this little experiment called GeriPal. I must admit, initially I had…