Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino
March 9, 2023
Psychedelics are having a moment. Enthusiasm is brimming. Legalization is moving forward in several states, following the lead of Oregon…
Advanced Pain Management in Cancer: Janet Abrahm
September 29, 2022
Have you had difficulty managing a particular type of cancer pain? For me it’s radiation induced mucositis/esophagitis. Janet Abrahm is…
Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri
July 28, 2022
We are fortunate today to interview two oncologists whose research has catapulted palliative care forward: Jennifer Temel, author of the…
How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg
June 23, 2022
Cancer screening is designed to detect slow growing cancers that on average take 10 years to cause harm. The benefits…
Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho
April 14, 2022
Buprenorphine. It’s been around for a long time but is acting like the hot new kid in town. Just look…
Primary Palliative Care for Cancer: Podcast with Yael Schenker and Bob Arnold
October 14, 2021
“The take home message of this study is NOT that primary palliative care does not work.” So says Yael Schenker of…
Palliative Care, Chronic Pain, and the Opioid Epidemic: GeriPal Podcast with Jessie Merlin
December 5, 2017
I recently had the fortune to hear Dr. Kathy Foley talk about palliative care and the opioid epidemic. First, let…
Vicki Jackson and David Ryan on “Living with Cancer”
August 10, 2017
Symbiosis. Remember the idea that the fish and the sea turtles live in symbiosis? The fish eat the algae and…
How to Recommend to Stop Cancer Screening: An Interview with Nancy Shoenborn
June 17, 2017
What should you say to your older patient when it’s time to stop cancer screening? This week’s GeriPal Podcast features…
Vicki Jackson on Building the Evidence Base for Palliative Care
January 25, 2017
Tremendous amount of exciting new data coming out of one of our nation’s oldest palliative care services: Massachusetts General Hospital…