State of Heart Failure & Palliative Care: Podcast with Haider Warraich
October 23, 2020
There are a lot of large numbers that involve heart failure, starting with the sheer number of patients diagnosed (6.5…
Advance Care Planning is So Right: Podcast with Rebecca Sudore and Ryan McMahan
October 8, 2020
Last month we published a podcast with Sean Morrison that garnered a great deal of attention, in which Sean Morrison…
Family Meetings for Patients with Serious Illness: Podcast with Eric Widera
September 10, 2020
No dear listeners and readers, that is not a typo. Eric Widera is indeed our guest today to discuss his first…
Advance Care Planning is Wrong: Podcast with Sean Morrison
August 27, 2020
Advance Care Planning · Ethics · Geriatrics · Health Policy Action Committee (HPAC) · Palliative Care
Sean Morrison dropped a bomb. It’s a perspective I’ve heard before from outside of palliative care, most clearly by bioethicists Angie Fagerlin…
Outsized Impact of COVID19 on Minority Communities: Podcast with Monica Peek and Alicia Fernandez
June 4, 2020
This was a remarkable podcast during this moment in which our country is hurting in so many ways. Today’s topic…
Rationing of Scarce COVID-19 Drug Treatments: A Podcast with Drs. DeJong, Chen, and White
June 2, 2020
The question of who should get limited supplies of drugs that treat COVID-19 is not a theoretical question, like what…
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Podcast with Laura Petrillo
May 30, 2020
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. They are revolutionary and transforming cancer care. They shrink tumors and extend lives. Plus they have a…
Ramping up Tele-GeriPal in a Pandemic: Claire Ankuda, Chris Woodrell, Ashwin Kotwal, & Lynn Flint
May 26, 2020
As Ashwin Kotwal and Lynn Flint note in the introduction to their Annals of Internal Medicine essay, one year ago…
Palliative Care for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: Podcast with Benzi Kluger
May 22, 2020
Parkinson disease affects 1% to 2% of people older than 65 years. Most known for its distinctive motor symptoms, other…
COVID19 in Prisons: Podcast with Brie Williams, Adnan Khan, & Eric Maserati-E Abercrombie
May 19, 2020
Eight of the 10 largest outbreaks in the US have been in correctional facilities. Physical distancing is impossible in prisons…