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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Thoughts on Disability

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Monday, April 26, 2010

Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness – A Book Review

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

America's Best Hospitals: A Devastating Critique

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Monday, April 19, 2010

POLST: Standardizing End-of-Life Orders rather than Patient Communication

Posted by Eric Widera 4 Comments

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Driving and Dementia: An Excellent Guideline, and A Missed Opportunity

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Are social networks blurring the boundaries between professional and personal lives?

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Monday, April 12, 2010

An ER Physician’s Take on DNR Orders

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Friday, April 9, 2010

Palliative Care and the Awareness of Death

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Dr. Desiree Pardi: Reconciling Her Life and Her Death

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Meaningful Activities For Persons With Dementia

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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life, 3rd ed. – a Book Review

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Need your input on a potential JPM Series on Geriatric Palliative Care

Posted by VJ Periyakoil 11 Comments

Friday, April 2, 2010

What Would Don Berwick Do? Obama’s Real Plan for Health Care Reform

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GeriPal (Geriatrics and Palliative care) is a forum for discourse, recent news and research, and freethinking commentary. Our objectives are: 1) to create an online community of interdisciplinary providers interested in geriatrics or palliative care; 2) to provide an open forum for the exchange of ideas and disruptive commentary that changes clinical practice and health care policy; and 3) to change the world.

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