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Hospice is Still Special 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
When socializing with fellow young physicians, most of whom are not in palliative medicine, I am reminded, in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, I have the unique opportunity to share time and attention...
How Wellness Programs Support Palliative Care in Cancer Related Fatigue 22 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
"I know it when I see it." Famously attributed to Justice Potter Stewart, this phrase suggests that it’s not what you call it but how you perceive it that matters. (Actually, we prefer Sean Connery's...
Hospice and Palliative Online Efforts Featured in The Atlantic 21 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
As longtime readers will know, we here at Pallimed have advocated for social media being an effective change agent for issues relevant to hospice and palliative care for many years. With a thriving bl...
Subscribers Moving to A New Email Delivery Platform 21 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
We are moving to a new email delivery system called MailChimp from the old delivery system Feedblitz. (Yeah, all new companies seem to have silly names. I can't stop them.). What does this mean for ...
The agony & the ecstasy of EBM in symptom management 8 Jul 2013 | 02:58 am
So, I decided I might blog a little again. Probably the occasional Journal Club of the Cloud-type posts. Christian and fellow bloggers, thank you for all you do in keeping Pallimed thriving and releva...
Experience Cancer Through a Video Game 27 Jun 2013 | 12:30 am
(Today we have our first post from Meredith MacMartin (@GraniteDoc), a palliative care doctor in New Hamsphire, who referenced this video game in a Tweetchat several weeks back. I'm pleased to welcome...
Cases: Pain vs. Sufffering and the Role of the Pastoral Care 26 Jun 2013 | 06:55 pm
Personal details in the case have been altered to protect patient privacy. These cases may reflect a composite image of many different cases to illustrate a teaching point. Previously published on ca...
Proposed Changes to Organ Donation Blur The Line on End of Life Care 24 Jun 2013 | 08:38 pm
Rolling into work this morning, NPR reported on a radical change in organ donation policies which could profoundly change how palliative care is perceived and how families and health care professional...
Home Palliative Care: Is there proof in the pudding? 20 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm
This month, the Cochrane Collaboration has released a review of home palliative services for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers. The authors, led by Barbara Gomes, MSc, PhD, set the pri...
Father's Day Without Your Father 15 Jun 2013 | 12:50 am
I drove from Kansas City to Oklahoma to bury my father in a Veteran's Cemetery two years ago this summer, not long after Father's Day. I have not really thought much about that day in the following tw...
