GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Alex is a triple-boarded (palliative care, internal medicine, and psychiatry) assistant professor of medicine at Stanford. I think I certainly have had a lot of friends and colleagues in internal medicine who are so fearful that, oh, if I get this definition wrong, I’m going to cause some harm.

Illness 130

Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 130

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

I’m originally an ER physician. I’d been doing ER medicine for over a decade when I went back to palliative fellowship. What’s your favorite book? There’s a small book called Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings written by Hilary Moss. She has a new book coming out, but keep going.

IT 98

IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 98

GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Times , The BMJ , and Annals of Internal Medicine. . And a doc over in Spain named Monica Lalanda, who is an ER doc and also a cartoonist, reached out to me and said you don’t have to do this anonymously. This could be something that meshes with your life and medicine. So I got back into it anonymously.

IT 145

IT Hospital Patients Illness 145

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

And the main topic of today is a paper in Annals of Internal Medicine , Maria first author, that addressed the tradeoffs between initiating dialysis vs continued medical/supportive management. But you’re right, there has been a shift in policy to incentivize patients and providers to choose home therapies. It’s easy.

Management 117

Management Patient-Centered Patients IT 117

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. You know, we found that 64% of the people we cared for never went to the hospital or ER. They can’t believe it, but we come back again and again and again gently to provide that support.

Healthcare 102

Healthcare IT Community Illness 102