Vicki Jackson on Building the Evidence Base for Palliative Care
January 25, 2017
Tremendous amount of exciting new data coming out of one of our nation’s oldest palliative care services: Massachusetts General Hospital…
A Podcast with Dame Cicely Saunders
January 22, 2017
Yes, we have a podcast with Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the modern hospice movement. No, it’s not one…
Rejecting Neutrality – Reducing Burdensome Hospitalizations For Nursing Home Residents
December 19, 2016
Nursing home residents are often sent to the hospital for care that often offers little hope of improving quality of…
Improving Serious Illness Communication By Developing Formulations
December 12, 2016
Clinical formulations, something that few of us outside of mental health providers know about, but can be a critical tool…
The Conversation – An Interview with Angelo Volandes on Video to Improve Advance Care Planning
December 5, 2016
This week on the GeriPal podcast, we talk with Angelo Volandes. Angelo Volandes is famous for his use of video…
The Role of Cranberries in Preventing Urinary Tract Infections
November 23, 2016
Just in time for Thanksgiving, we are having a GeriPal podcast episode dedicated to the humble cranberry. We discuss the…
Hallelujah: Integrating Primary Palliative Care In The ICU
November 19, 2016
There are a lot of ways one can imagine on how to integrate palliative care into the intensive care unit…
Sweet Little Lies: Is it Ever Ok to Lie to Our Patients?
November 2, 2016
Truth telling is an ethical pillar of medicine. But, are there instances when it is ever ok to lie to…
Keep Your Hands to Yourself
October 27, 2016
This week’s GeriPal podcast is all about mechanical ventilation and dementia. In particular, we discuss a new article in JAMA…
GeriPal Podcast #2: Breath Becomes Air or Nothing Becomes Something
October 18, 2016
In our second GeriPal Podcast, we discuss Professor Thomas Laqueur’s review of Paul Kalanithi’s book “When Breath Becomes Air.” Professor Laqueur’s review,…