We Need a Care Revolution: Victor Montori
July 31, 2025
In his book, “Why We Revolt,” Victor Montori decries the industrialization of healthcare. We’ve become a healthcare factory, beholden to…
Medical Cannabis Revisited: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen
October 24, 2024
Cannabis is complicated. It can mean many things, including a specific type of plant, the chemicals in the plant, synthetic…
Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer
March 2, 2023
Gabapentin is the 10th most prescribed drug in the United States and use is increasing. In 2002, 1% of adults…
Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly
February 23, 2023
All Posts · Geriatrics · Healthcare · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Palliative Care · Social Work
You know when you walk out of a patient’s room and have that sense, “This isn’t going to go well.”…
The Angry Patient: A podcast with Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner
February 16, 2023
All Posts · Geriatrics · Healthcare · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Palliative Care · Teaching
Think about the last time a patient yelled at you in anger. How did you react? The last time this…
What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato
February 9, 2023
All Posts · Geriatrics · Healthcare · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Palliative Care · Teaching
Amber Barnato is an expert in simulation studies. A health services researcher and palliative care physician, Amber lauds the ability…
Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry
October 20, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services helps to guide billions of dollars in investment and direction in research, policy,…
What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi
June 2, 2022
We are two and a half years into the COVID pandemic. We’ve lived through lockdowns, toilet paper shortages, mask mandates,…
Should we prioritize the unvaccincated for treatment? Govind Persad and Emily Largent
May 26, 2022
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Covid/bioethics podcast (see prior ethics podcasts here, here, here, and here). But…
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE): A Podcast with Dan Drake and Jay Luxenberg
July 8, 2021
Older adults often turn to institutional settings like nursing homes when they need more help than they can get at…