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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care
Episode 263
We have a special extra podcast this week. During the last AAHPM - HPNA meeting in Montréal, we went around asking attendees what one thing that the…
3 years, 6 months ago
Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel
Episode 262
In 1990 11% of homeless persons were older than 50. Today half are over age 50. Today we talk with Margot Kushel about how we got here, including:
…3 years, 6 months ago
The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto
Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, th…
3 years, 6 months ago
RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley
Episode 260
Do we need an RCT to establish the worth of chaplaincy?
Einstein once said, "Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything th…
3 years, 6 months ago
Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani
Episode 258
Two weeks ago on the GeriPal podcast we talked about why and how to write for the general public. This week we've invited three guests to share the…
3 years, 7 months ago
Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega
Episode 258
In November of 2022, Ava Kofman published a piece in the New Yorker titled "How Hospice Became a For-Profit Hustle." Some viewed this piece as an a…
3 years, 7 months ago
Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson
Episode 257
So you want to write a book.
So you want to write a book!
So…you want to write a book?!?
Today we talk with two geriatricians: Rosanne Leipzig, auth…
3 years, 7 months ago
Psychedelics - reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino
Episode 256
Psychedelics are having a moment. Enthusiasm is brimming. Legalization is moving forward in several states, following the lead of Oregon and Colora…
3 years, 7 months ago
Gabapentinoids - Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer
Gabapentin is the 10th most prescribed drug in the United States and use is increasing. In 2002, 1% of adults were taking gabapentinoids (gabapentin …
3 years, 7 months ago
Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly
Episode 254
You know when you walk out of a patient's room and have that sense, "This isn't going to go well." The patient is sick and getting sicker, and refuse…
3 years, 8 months ago