Does “compassionate deception” have a place in palliative care?
October 30, 2018
by: Olivia Gamboa (@Liv_g_g) There is broad consensus in the medical community that lying to patients is unethical. However, in…
How do we serve the very sick, very frail, and very old? Podcast with Guy Micco
October 22, 2018
In this week’s GeriPal podcast we talk with Guy Micco, MD, a longtime bioethicists, internist, hospice physician, teacher in the…
All the Questions You Had About Opioids But Were Afraid To Ask: A Podcast with Mary Lynn McPherson
October 5, 2018
On today’s podcast we go deep into the mind of one of the most brilliant and respected palliative care pharmacists,…
Teaching Communication Skills: Podcast with Wendy Anderson
September 26, 2018
How do you teach communication in serious illness? Can you? Do you teach it the same way to doctors and…
Churning Patients Through the End of Life: A Podcast with Joan Teno
August 24, 2018
On this weeks podcast, we interview Dr. Joan Teno about her recently published study in JAMA titled “Site of Death,…
Nowhere Else to Be
July 27, 2018
The following story is by Jennifer Heidmann, MD, FACP. She is the Medical Director of Redwood Coast PACE in Eureka,…
Hospice of Humboldt: Podcast with John Nelson
July 26, 2018
In this week’s GeriPal podcast we talked with Dr. John Nelson, who has been Medical Director of Hospice of Humboldt…
How to Respond to an Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Request
July 17, 2018
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Each July we post something about an introductory topic for the new fellows. See our prior…
Dilemmas in Aid in Dying: Podcast with Bernie Lo
July 13, 2018
In this week’s podcast we talked with Dr. Bernard Lo (Bernie as he is known). Dr. Lo is President of…
Tramadon’t: a podcast with David Juurlink about the dangers of Tramadol
June 27, 2018
Tramadol. Is it just a misunderstood opioid that is finally seeing its well deserved day in the sun, or is…