“Moribund Obesity”: Palliative care diagnosis or poorly chosen label?
I’ve always had a fascination with how certain phrases influence practice and how established terms frame and reinforce provider attitudes…
Sorry, no podcast this week. Rather, we are asking a favor of you. It’s been several years since we did…
I’ve always had a fascination with how certain phrases influence practice and how established terms frame and reinforce provider attitudes…
There is an important study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. This study addresses…
This week’s Lancet includes an article titled “The Death of Ivan Ilyich and pain relief at the end of life”…
With the endless news cycle surrounding health care reform lately, it’s easy to have missed some other breaking and troubling…
In the course of a typical year I generally take about 10-15 structured online mandatory training courses. I also have…
This morning on NPR’s Morning Edition, Atul Gawande was interviewed to explain the difference between Rationing Care and Rational Care…
Leigh Kramer from the blog “Confessions of a Young (Looking) Social Worker” will be hosting Palliative Care Grand Rounds this…
The John Hartford Foundation supported the inaugural summit of leaders from geriatrics and palliative medicine in July to encourage opportunities,…
News Headlines read: Sen. Edward Kennedy loses battle with cancer. Really, he lost? I thought he died from a malignant…
As a geriatrician who primarily sees patients in clinic, I find myself often wondering how best to apply what I’ve…