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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

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I have felt as I’ve come through this field over the last, I guess 2003 is when I realized I wanted to be a palliative care doctor. You’re a disgruntled medical student. You’re thinking about dropping out of medical school. A good prescriber, a good symptom control manager. It’s 1974.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

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In this podcast, we cover a great deal of ground, including: Early challenges Dr. Raj faced in pain management: access to opioids, corruption, a system that doesn’t see addressing suffering as a priority. Raj: It was indeed very, very gradual, and the seeds were sown when I was a medical student. Was it that thunderclap moment?

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