Steven Z. Pantilat, MD, SFHM, medical director of the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine palliative care service, explains palliative care is not end-of-life care, and the role hospitalists should play in palliative cases.
“You will encounter neutropenic fever in your career as a hospitalist,” emphasized David Goese, MD, an academic hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at the Northwestern University...
Hospital-acquired delirium is a relatively common condition encountered by hospitalists that continues to pose several ongoing challenges, particularly in the realms of diagnosis and management. In...
During his adolescence in conservative Virginia, Ian Jenkins felt isolated and alone as he began getting in touch with his gay identity. He didn’t know any gay people, and they weren’t portrayed...
Informed consent is critical to the daily practice of medicine. Conversations about the risks and benefits of treatment options are both a legal requirement and an ethical duty. However, another...
