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Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov

GeriPal

So Brian wrote this article in JAMA Internal Medicine arguing that we should take the word intensive out of intensive care units. We examine, we diagnose, we fix. I mean, that is western medicine described in three words. He’s at UCSF, he’s an intensivist. Who’s his aunt by the way. Eric: Yeah.

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

So we really wondered, you know, in modern palliative care practice, where we’re seeing patients a lot farther upstream than we used to, and we’re seeing patients with a wider range of diagnoses, we wanted to update, sort of. God, it must have been like 2015, 2016. What are the prognoses associated with various PPS scores?

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. 2015, 2016. Malaz: 1999, my friend.