Wow, I threw out ‘palliatician’ as an off the cuff portmanteau of palliative and politician, and someone liked it. Wasn’t sure if it would resonate with anyone. You bring up a great point that the public has actually learned many difficult words and has begun to understand them with repeated exposure. Look at these medical words:
dialysis
metabolism
osteoporosis

I think a lot of people can readily identify what these terms relate to and what they mean. But I never thought ‘palliative medicine doctor’ sounded right. Too long, just like ‘internal medicine’ doesn’t sound quite right. I do have to say I was kind of intrigued when someone mentioned on Twitter that they saw their Pallimed doc.

Thanks for the encouraging words. I have bot read the Oscar book yet, and though it might be too cheesy to us in the field, but you have made it seem more relevant. I will have to check it out. Gail, I think the medical writing articles are fantastic reference pieces. They need to be read by more physician authors.

I was going to show you the Take Out the Trash video in CHicago last month Gail but we never got around to it. I think someone should fit it into the annual assembly next Spring.