Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?
February 24, 2022
There is a lively debate going on in academic circles about the value of Advance Care Planning (ACP). It’s not…
Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee
February 17, 2022
My mom is an Asian woman in her 70s with osteoporosis. She tried an oral bisphosphonate and had horrible esophagitis. …
International Palliative Care: A Podcast with Kathy Foley, Stephen Connor, Eric Krakauer
February 10, 2022
This week many of our listeners will gather for the annual American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) &…
Structural, Institutional, and Interpersonal Racism: Podcast with Deborah Ejem and Deep Ashana
February 3, 2022
In prior podcasts we talked about racism and COVID, lack of diversity in the palliative care workforce, racial and ethnic…
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…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – What every Geriatrician and Palliative Care Clinician Should Know
January 6, 2022
Three months ago we did a podcast with Randy Curits about his recent diagnosis of ALS in March and what…
Celebrating GeriPal’s 200th with Leaders in Geriatrics and Palliative Care
December 30, 2021
It’s GeriPal’s 200th episode. Yup, we started the podcast in 2016 and over the years we have grown from basically…
Burnout and Resiliency: A Podcast with Janet Bull and Arif Kamal
December 2, 2021
The great resignation is upon us. One in five health-care workers has left their job since the pandemic started. Geriatrics…
Spiritual Care in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Allison Kestenbaum, Katy Hyman, and Paul Galchutt
November 24, 2021
I don’t consider myself spiritual. For some in palliative care, this would be considered heresy as we are told “everyone…
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…