A growing number of older adults in the United States are dying at home, but many continue to face multiple health care transitions to different care sites and receive aggressive inpatient care in their final days, according to a study… Read More ›
End-of-Life Care/Palliative Medicine 
JAMA Forum: The Poorest of Times: A Shift in “Death Panel” Rhetoric
“It was the richest of times,” writes journalist Robert Lipsyte in his 1998 book In the Country of Illness: Comfort and Advice for the Journey. He’s speaking about the impending death of his exwife, Margie, who was dying of cancer…. Read More ›
Author Insights: Remembering the Lost Art of Prognosis
A new study appearing today in the Archives of Internal Medicine adds to the body of evidence that a patient’s hopeful expectations following diagnosis of a disease or condition is associated with clinically important benefits. But Robert Gramling, MD, DSc,… Read More ›
