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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern
Episode 296
Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. This week, we talk about t…
1 year, 11 months ago
RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot
Episode 295
In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast…
1 year, 11 months ago
Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check
Episode 294
The CDC's Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. In do…
1 year, 11 months ago
What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind
Episode 293
Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent.
The number of people who have used MAID in Canada sinc…
2 years ago
Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty
Episode 292
We've talked a lot about comprehensive dementia care on the GeriPal podcast but while the evidence is clear that these programs work, the uptake has …
2 years ago
Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng
Episode 291
One of the things I love about Liz Dzeng's work is the way in which it draws upon, echoes, and advances our understanding of the influence of culture…
2 years ago
Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy
Episode 290
To my teenagers, climate change is an existential crisis. It's the end of the world as we know it. They decry the lack of serious attention and prior…
2 years, 1 month ago
Redefining Alzheimer's Disease: A Podcast with Heather Whitson, Jason Karlawish, Lon Schneider
Episode 289
There is a growing push to change how we define Alzheimer's disease from what was historically a clinically defined syndrome to a newer biological de…
2 years, 1 month ago
Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang
Episode 288
Coaching is in. During the later stages of the pandemic, it seemed every other person, and particularly the junior faculty in our Division, were eith…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper
Episode 287
What does the future hold for geriatrics? I've seen this question come up a lot since finishing fellowship nearly two decades ago. Historically, answ…
2 years, 2 months ago