SAN ANTONIO — An inability to accurately predict how long patients with metastatic lung cancer have left to live increases the likelihood of aggressive, poor-quality end-of-life […]
October 31, 2018
How do we serve the very sick, very frail and very old? (podcast)
In this week’s GeriPal podcast we talk with Guy Micco, MD, a longtime bioethicists, internist, hospice physician, teacher in the UC Berkeley and UCSF Joint Medical Program, […]
October 31, 2018
Planting the seed: perceived benefits of and strategies for discussing long-term prognosis with older adults
Context Persons with late-stage dementia have limited access to palliative care. Objective To test dementia-specific specialty palliative care triggered by hospitalization.