GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. He looked very ill. There’s an organization that I took my training from, which began, I want to say, in 2012. What’s the proper terminology?

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

We discussed what makes an illness terminal, what goes into assessing capacity for an action as simple as requesting something to drink, and whether the TV show Severance illuminates any of these answers. But before we talk about this subject, about nutrition, hydration at the end of life, people with advanced illness, or maybe not so much.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And PAIR stands for the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. And, of course, this is what families of patients undergoing palliative care go through. So, Alex, imagine you’re a seriously-ill hospitalized patient and I’m your doctor, unluckily for you. Scott, welcome back to GeriPal. Scott: This was, yes.

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GeriPal

APRIL 17, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary I read Farah Stockmans article in the NYT on why attacks on DEI will cost us all , and thought, Yes, and everyone includes harm to our healthcare workforce, our patients, and their families. Just in January, I remember having a conversation with a family that came in with a plan for end of life care.

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