Sorry, no podcast this week. Rather, we are asking a favor of you. It’s been several years since we did…
An excellent article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society provides insights into primary care physicians views of dementia…
In one of the most influentialhealth policy journals of our time – the New Yorker- the surgeon Atul Gawande “calls…
For those geriatric and palliative care practitioners who glossed over the recent NEJM publication of the Heartmate II trialas yet…
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) pose one of the most interesting and difficult of dilemmas about disease screening. AAAs are dilitations…
“When the Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California, they raised the average intelligence in both states.” – Will Rogers…
As palliative care matures, I become increasingly concerned about the downside of our growth. Let me say more. A couple…
I’ve been thinking about this analogy for a while (I may be stealing this from someone, but I don’t recall,…
Palliative Care Grand Rounds is a great series that puts a spotlight on outstanding blog posts focused on hospice, palliative…
Medicare recently started publicly reporting hospital readmission rates as a measure of quality, and there are proposals to financially penalize…
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