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Welcome to the End-of-Life Resources page; a library of information meant to assist physicians, caregivers, and patients find the information they need to better carry out end-of-life care.  Can't find what you're looking for?  Check back in soon becuse we are adding resources daily to continue populating the end-of-life resource categories. 

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A Surgeon's Blog: The Microcosm
The following is a blog posting from Jeffry Parks MD, a general surgeon from Cleveland, OH.  It's a case about an...
About.com Pallliative Care Blog: Moments with Baxter: the Hospice Angel
The most recent (November 18) blog entry from Angela Morrow, RN about a hospice dog, Baxter, who brought cheer to dozens of...
CancerDoc Blog: "Denmark"
Saturday, March 20, 2010 "Denmark" R.N. just died. She was my first breast cancer patient out of fellowship and...
CancerDoc Blog: "Goodbye Mr. B"
This is a link to a blog entry by CancerDoc, "a budding oncologist trying to make sense of the world."  It is...
Geripal Blog: "Hospice Upheaval"
Thursday November 19, 2009:  It never occurred to me until today that enrolling my patients in hospice could cause them...
Geripal Blog: "How should costs fit into the conversation about end-of-life care?"
November 23, 2009:  Diane Meier just tweeted: "60 minutes misses the point- palliative care is about matching...
Geripal Blog: "Penalizing Hospitals for Readmissions: Unintended Consequences?"
Tuesday December 1, 2009:  Medicare recently started publicly reporting hospital readmission rates as a measure of...
Geripal Blog: "Thoughts on Preventative Medicine"
Tuesday December 1, 2009:  You can prevent Heart Attacks You can prevent Strokes You can prevent Colon Cancer You can...
Geripal Blog: Advance Care Planning: A Paradigm Shift
What is the purpose of Advance Care Planning? I have been taught to view the goal as helping patients define what they...
Geripal Blog: Atul Gawande New Yorker Article "Letting Go"
I want to draw people's attention to a fantastic new piece in the New Yorker by Atul Gawande titled, "Letting Go: What...
Geripal Blog: Dying in 14 Minutes of 60 Minutes
   November 22, 2009:  CBS did a segment entitled "The Cost Of Dying" on tonight's 60 Minutes....
Geripal Blog: Length of Stay in Nursing Homes at the End of Life
One out of every four of us will die while residing in a nursing home. For most of us, that stay in a nursing home will be...
Geripal Blog: Q&A with Jeff Gordon - Author of "A Death Prolonged"
Many terminal patients linger through their final months with a miserable quality of life and too often with extreme levels...
Geripal Blog: Social Workers Are Awesome
Social Workers Are Awesome Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PDT In 1927, Francis Peabody remarked that "The secret of the...
Geripal Blog: The breadth of life-sustaining treatment
In a recent story in the New York Times, Katy Butler described her parents' experiences with illness, the health care...
GeriPal Blog: Advance directives say “I’m not dead yet”
“Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so.” So said Angela Fagerlin and Carl Schneider in...
GeriPal Blog: Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness – A Book Review
On my way out of the hospital this evening I ran into a soon-to-be palliative care fellow. Our conversation quickly turned...
Geripal November 6, 2009 Blog Post: $50,000 for your favorite Palliative Care Leader in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
Who can pass up the chance to give $50K to their favorite palliative care leader or organization if it turns out that it won...
Geripal: Nelson Mandela and Imagery of Aging
This is a November 12th blog from Geripal about a New York Times article written by Celia Dugger.  The article is about...
GeriPal: The Opposite of Love
The Opposite of Love Posted: 17 May 2010 The Emergency Department phoned my office right before lunch. I was on call for our...
GeriPal: What a nursing assistant will tell us...if we ask
Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:34 PM PST A friend recently forwarded me an update to a story first reported in the Washington Post...
Hospice and Caregiver Blog: MedPAC Discusses Analysis of Hospice Visit Patterns
November 12, 2009:  At their November 5 public meeting, MedPAC (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission), discussed an...
Hospice and Caregiving Blog: Veterans in Hospice Care
November 10, 2009:  Hospices across the country care for terminally ill veterans during the final weeks and months of...
New Health Dialogue Blog: Dying Well Beats Dying Badly. And Expensively
This post from Joanne Kenen on November 20, 2009 reviews some recent news in palliative care including NPR's report...
Palliative Care Grand Rounds: April 2010
Click here for the April edition of Palliative Care Grand Rounds.  This month is hosted by blogger Palliative Care...
Palliative Care Grand Rounds: August 2009
This link is to the August issue of "Palliative Care Grand Rounds", a monthy round-up of insightful and often...
Palliative Care Grand Rounds: July 2009
This link is to the 6th issue of Palliative Care Grand Rounds.  This issue's blogger, Tim Cousounis, is managing...
Palliative Care Grand Rounds: November 2009
This months Palliative Care Grand Rounds is out and hosted by Pallimed -- a Hospice and Palliative Medicine blog-- if you...
Palliative Care Grand Rounds: October 2009
The link below will take you to "Palliative Care Grand Rounds"; a monthy review of palliative care blogs...
Palliative Care Success Blog: "Engage with Grace-- Communicating End-of-Life Wishes"
Some conversations are easier than others Last Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first...
Palliative Care Success Blog: "Future of Palliative Medicine Practices"
Thursday October 29, 2009:  Will reform help or hinder the practice of Hospice and Palliative Medicine(HPM)? Help, if...
Palliative Care Success Blog: Building a Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) Medical Staff
Thursday October 29, 2009:  A former colleague with many years of hospital executive experience recently accepted a...
The New Health Dialogue Blog: "Health Care: Time for a Serious Discussion
This link is to a guest blog post (November 6, 2009) by Dr. Ira Byock, director of palliative medicine at Dartmouth-...