POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern
October 19, 2023
What level of evidence do we need for POLST to use it ourselves, to advocate for wider usage, and for…
Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley
October 12, 2023
For surgeons and patients, deciding if and when to operate can be challenging. Often, the way surgeons communicate about these…
The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser
October 5, 2023
Communicating about a serious illness is hard. Last week’s podcast we talked about the challenge around miscommunication in serious illness.…
Miscommunication in Medicine: A podcast with Shunichi Nakagawa, Abby Rosenberg and Don Sullivan
September 28, 2023
Medical communication is tough, although fundamentally at its most basic unit of delivery, it includes really only three steps. First,…
Black/African American Caregivers of Older Adults Living with Dementia: Fayron Epps and Karen Moss
September 21, 2023
The proportion of people living with dementia who identify as Black/African Americans is on the rise, and so too are…
Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones
September 14, 2023
Hospitals are hazardous places for older adults. These hazards include delirium, malnutrition, falls, infections, and hospital associated disability (which about…
Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons
September 7, 2023
The comprehensive geriatric assessment is one of the cornerstones of geriatrics. But does the geriatric assessment do anything? Does it…
Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart
August 31, 2023
How do people react when they hear they have a serious illness? Shock, “like a car is rushing straight at…
Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov
August 24, 2023
I hear the word dignity used a lot in the medical setting, but I’m never sure what people mean when…
Amyloid Antibodies and the Role of the Geriatrician: Nate Chin, Sharon Brangman, and Jason Karlawish
August 17, 2023
It’s been over two years since one of the worst product launches of all time – Aduhelm (aducanumab). Praised by…