Specialty Geriatrics and Palliative Care
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Geriatrics Research Focuses on Evidence-based Care Models
Mass General's geriatrics and dementia research identifies care gaps and the need for effective models and tools for the treatment of chronically ill seniors.
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Review: Fecal Incontinence in Older Adults
Trisha Pasricha, MD, and Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, of the Division of Gastroenterology, provide practical guidance to geriatricians and other primary care clinicians about managing fecal incontinence in older adults.
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Very Few Older Adults Are Included in Trials of IBD Medications
Only 0.9% of patients in recent randomized, controlled trials of medications for inflammatory bowel disease were ≥65 years old, and for trials of biologic agents, the figure was 0.5%, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers determined based on the first systematic review of this issue.
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Editorial: Bringing Connection and Empathy to the Socially Distant Family Meeting
Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians share their strategies for supporting patients and families during inpatient goals of care discussions during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the number of visitors is limited and "low-touch" precautions are required.
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Black, Hispanic Patients with Dementia More Likely to Be Disenrolled from Hospice
A study found that Black or Hispanic patients with dementia may receive lower-quality hospice care than white patients with dementia.
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Prior Antibiotics Linked to Increased Risk of New Diverticulitis in Older Adults
By analyzing a large prospective cohort of women, Long H. Nguyen, MD, MS, and Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, of the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit and the Division of Gastroenterology, and colleagues found that antibiotic use in mid- and late-adulthood, and recent antibiotic use regardless of age, were associated with subsequent development of diverticulitis.
Geriatrics and Palliative Care contributors
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Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Director of Research, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Very Few Older Adults Are Included in Trials of IBD Medications
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Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD
Director, Global Palliative Care Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine and of Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Addressing Global Palliative Care Disparities
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Juliet Christine Jacobsen, MD, DPH
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Editorial: Bringing Connection and Empathy to the Socially Distant Family Meeting -
Leah B. Rosenberg, MD
General Internist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Editorial: Bringing Connection and Empathy to the Socially Distant Family Meeting -
Margarita Alegria, PhD
Chief of the Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Community-based Psychosocial–Exercise Intervention Benefits Racial/Ethnic Minority Older Adults -
Vicki Jackson, MD
Chief, Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Pilot of Embedded Palliative Care Early in COVID-19 Was Well Received by Emergency Clinicians
Geriatrics & Palliative Care
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