Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah
June 30, 2022
You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. She falls and breaks her hip. Should…
How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg
June 23, 2022
Cancer screening is designed to detect slow growing cancers that on average take 10 years to cause harm. The benefits…
Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults
June 16, 2022
There are a lot of old myths out there about managing urinary tract symptoms and UTI’s in older adults. For…
Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright
June 9, 2022
In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. This was in part due…
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…
Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle
May 19, 2022
A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). How do…
Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal
May 12, 2022
In today’s podcast we talk with Dr. Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. …
Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen
May 5, 2022
Think about the last time you attended a talk on communication skills or goals of care discussions. Was there any…
Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray
April 28, 2022
Comics. Cartoons. Graphic Novels. Graphic Medicine. I’m not sure what to title this podcast but I’ve been looking forward to…