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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

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Today we have the honor of interviewing Susan Block, MD, one of the pioneering leaders in the fields of palliative care, particularly psychosocial aspects of palliative care. Eric: So Susan, you have touched so many people in the field of hospice palliative medicine. Susan: Beautiful. That was one thing.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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So, for instance, would it have made a difference if, as a requirement in this study, every single emergency department who was eligible to be in the intervention had to have a relationship with a n inpatient hospice for which discharge was immediately available to an emergency department? No difference in their primary outcome.