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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson
Episode 316
In May we did a podcast on KidneyPal (the integration of palliative care in renal disease), which made us think, hmmm… one organ right next door is…
1 year, 6 months ago
Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson
Episode 315
"Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you're wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3 a.m." I'm not sure who wrot…
1 year, 6 months ago
Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang
Episode 314
I have to start with the song. On our last podcast about urinary incontinence the song request was, "Let it go." This time around several suggesti…
1 year, 6 months ago
Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera
Episode 313
I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide ef…
1 year, 7 months ago
Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon
Episode 312
As Eric notes at the end of today's podcast, we talk about many difficult issues with our patients. How long they might have to live. Their declinin…
1 year, 7 months ago
Palliative Care for Kidney Failure: Sam Gelfand, Kate Sciacca, and Josh Lakin
Episode 311
The landscape of options for treating people with kidney failure is shifting. It used to be that the "only" robust option in the US was dialysis. You…
1 year, 7 months ago
How Pharma Invents Diseases: A Podcast with Adriane Fugh-Berman
Episode 310
Who gets to decide on what it means to have a disease? I posed this question a while back in reference to Alzheimer's disease. I'll save you from re…
1 year, 7 months ago
Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow
Episode 309
On today's podcast, we've invited four hospice and palliative care social media influencers (yes, that's a thing!), all of whom focus their efforts o…
1 year, 8 months ago
Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC
Episode 308
As Betty Ferrell says on our podcast today, nurses play an essential role in care of people with serious illness. Who spends the most time with the …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Bob Wachter
Episode 307
Eric asks the question that is on many of our minds - is the future of AI more Skynet from Terminator, in which AI takes over the world and drives hu…
1 year, 8 months ago