Medicare’s 45th
Today is Medicare’s 45th birthday. Despite its faults and limitations, without Medicare coverage, much of what we do in the…
Today is Medicare’s 45th birthday. Despite its faults and limitations, without Medicare coverage, much of what we do in the…
Check out this new Huffington Post piece by Aaron Carroll, inspired by Gawande’s Neworker article “Letting Go.” Carroll and Gawande’s articles…
This week, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA was historic civil…
by: Brad Stuart MD Atul Gawande’s brilliant essay in the New Yorker sums up the dilemma we face, whether we’re…
I want to draw people’s attention to a fantastic new piece in the New Yorker by Atul Gawande titled, “Letting…
I arrived in Chiapas, Mexico, one of the most southern states in Mexico three days ago. Known as one of…
“Don’t try this at home,” said Steve Pantilat, the director of our palliative care fellowship to the new palliative care…
WHY NOT PALLIATIVE ONCOLOGY? The goal of palliative care is to relieve symptoms, reduce suffering and improve a patient’s quality…
by: Robert Killeen MD Three Issues of Hospice I’d like to address three recurrent problems I’ve found in the field…
Back by popular demand! The Educational Exchange at the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine…