Alex Smith, Author at A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional

A Letter of Support For You and Thoughts About COVID19

March 13, 2020

Co-published March 13th on GeriPal and Pallimed Dear Hospice and Palliative Care community, We are sad we cannot be together…

March 12, 2020

Project ENABLE is a landmark palliative care intervention. And yet, I will admit (Eric did too) we didn’t really understand…

February 27, 2020

Home-based palliative care is booming. And with the growth of home-based palliative care come unique struggles and challenges: how can…

February 20, 2020

On this week’s podcast we have the honor of talking with David Reuben about health care for older adults and…

February 13, 2020

We had fun on this in-studio podcast with Dan Matlock, geriatrician and palliative care clinician researcher at the University of…

February 6, 2020

In this week’s podcast we talk about food insecurity in older adults with UCSF’s Hilary Seligman, MD. Hilary has done…

January 23, 2020

You’ve probably heard patients say, “Of course I’m depressed, I’m dying. Wouldn’t you be?” This is a fundamental question -…

December 19, 2019

In this weeks podcast we talk with Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, general internist, Professor of Medicine and Epi/Biostats at UCSF, and chair…

November 27, 2019

We have had some amazing guests on our Podcast. True luminaries in geriatrics and palliative care. This week we are…

November 14, 2019

Nursing homes are a tough place to do palliative care. There is extremely high staff turnover, physicians are often not…