Comments on: Inside the Process of Authoring a Book: Diane Meier on Palliative Care: Transforming the Care of Serious Illness http://www.aahpm.org/apps/blog/?p=794 Physicians caring for patients with serious illness. Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Christian Sinclair http://www.aahpm.org/apps/blog/?p=794&cpage=1#comment-1286 Christian Sinclair Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:14:29 +0000 http://www.awebsource.com/clients/aahpm/blog/?p=794#comment-1286 I second what Alex says, especially a must read for fellows. I second what Alex says, especially a must read for fellows.

]]> By: Alex Smith http://www.aahpm.org/apps/blog/?p=794&cpage=1#comment-796 Alex Smith Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:52:10 +0000 http://www.awebsource.com/clients/aahpm/blog/?p=794#comment-796 A quick testimonial to say this is a fantastic book and resource. I would argue that the articles in this book are the best material for palliative care journal clubs - particularly for fellows - and time spent reviewing these is better spent then reviewing the newest and hotest papers. These articles are the core of our field, and address fundamental questions like: what is palliative care? How did we get here? Is what we do important? I would also say that the introductory chapter, titled "the Development, Status, and Future of Palliative Care" should be required reading for new fellows. From Philippe Aries to Terri Schiavo, from Ivan Ilych to to Cicely Saunders, this is the most complete, concise, and throughtful framing of the field of palliative care I've encountered. Please see a longer review of this book by Eric Widera at <a href="http://www.geripal.org/2010/04/palliative-care-transforming-care-of.html" rel="nofollow">GeriPal</a>. A quick testimonial to say this is a fantastic book and resource. I would argue that the articles in this book are the best material for palliative care journal clubs – particularly for fellows – and time spent reviewing these is better spent then reviewing the newest and hotest papers. These articles are the core of our field, and address fundamental questions like: what is palliative care? How did we get here? Is what we do important?

I would also say that the introductory chapter, titled “the Development, Status, and Future of Palliative Care” should be required reading for new fellows. From Philippe Aries to Terri Schiavo, from Ivan Ilych to to Cicely Saunders, this is the most complete, concise, and throughtful framing of the field of palliative care I’ve encountered.

Please see a longer review of this book by Eric Widera at GeriPal.

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