GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Our loves, our triumphs, our failures, our work, our families. . So I think as palliative care clinicians, we use narrative as we try to understand more about the persons that we’re caring for and their families. Been in the hospital four times, vented, been told the story to her family, she won’t live.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. 2016 Jan;37(1):3-15; quiz 16-7, 47. So, importantly, you may not have a positive family history. You also might see a family history of multiple miscarriages and or constant infinity.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So I think as palliative care clinicians, we use narrative as we try to understand more about the persons that we’re caring for and their families. Been in the hospital four times, vented, been told the story to her family, she won’t live. So those questions we ask when we’re doing a palliative care consult.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

And then, the family, her kids got together, my wife and her brother and sister got together and said, wait a minute, mom did not want this, right? So, you really have to leave this up to the patients and their families to understand what the context is and what is meaningful to them. She has advance dementia. They would be horrified.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

So I first want to just say thank you to Ernesto’s family. And I met with his family over Zoom, which was how many of us had to meet with families during that time. We were doing a lot of this without a whole lot of guidance, as is common, I think, from family, because all they knew was who he was. Sunita: Yes.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together? laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. Wait, first of all, what’s the incidence of calling EMS for falls over almost a decade, I think like 2007 to 2016, and what happens to people afterwards? Katie: Awesome.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I think back in what, May 2016, you published a randomized controlled trial, first author, palliative care and the ED randomized study, cancer patients. Eric 04:26 So that 2016 study was in the ED, but it was getting specialty palliative care to see them when they were hospitalized, is that right? Primary outcome was quality of life.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

The number of people who have used MAID in Canada since it was legalized in 2016 has increased year on year from about 1,000 people in the first year to over 13,000 people in 2022. Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. But that was separate from MAID.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

So I have thought about this for months, maybe years since your 2016, cycle blog, but we have picked Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen. Katie: I have to thank Rachelle Bernacki for this because she told me the secret to getting on the GeriPal Podcast is having a good song. Eric: And why Under Pressure. So here we go. Alex: (singing).

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Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 103

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Eric 04:39 Yeah, I see it used on inpatient, side on consult clinics in hospices. God, it must have been like 2015, 2016. And since starting the clinic, median time for consult to death was. Kara 10:43 Those are inpatient consults? Eric 10:44 No, all consults. Just if you look at all consults.

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