Images of the Dying: A Podcast with Wendy MacNaughton, Lingsheng Li, and Frank Ostaseski
October 3, 2024
Can death be portrayed as beautiful? In this episode, we share the joy of talking with Wendy MacNaughton (artist, author,…
Stump the VitalTalk Communication Experts: Gordon Wood, Holly Yang, Elise Carey
August 29, 2024
Serious illness communication is hard. We must often deliver complex medical information that carries heavy emotional weight in pressured settings…
End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane
March 7, 2024
Please join Eric and Alex in person for the GeriPal pub crawl at the AAHPM/HPNA annual assembly in Phoenix, Thursday…
What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind
January 11, 2024
Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. The number of people…
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…
Conscientious Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder
January 5, 2023
Today’s podcast may be a stretch for our listeners. Please stick with us. No matter what your position on medical…
End Stage Liver Disease: Podcast with Jen Lai, Ricky Shinall, Nneka Ufere, and Arpan Patel
January 27, 2022
Patients with end stage liver disease and decompensated cirrhosis have an average life expectancy of 2 years without transplant. Outcomes…
Life, Death, and a Hospital Strained by COVID: a Podcast with Brian Block, Sunita Puri and Denise Barchas
April 29, 2021
During the winter peak in coronavirus cases, things got busy in my hospital, but nothing close to what happened in…
Guardianship and End-of-Life Decision Making: A Podcast with Andy Cohen and Liz Dzeng
December 17, 2020
Surrogate decision‐making around life-sustaining treatments in the hospital even in the best of circumstances is hard. It’s maybe even harder…