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My favorite public health and health care books of 2024

Common Sense Family Doctor

For more great reads, feel free to browse my lists from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , and 2015-2020. The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER , by Thomas Fisher 3. The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town , by Brian Alexander 5. Hope this list helps with your holiday shopping! ** 1.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. When to go to the ER for a sore throat Go to the emergency room (ER) if your sore throat causes any difficulty swallowing or breathing.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. JAMA IM 2021 Hospice Acquisitions by Profit-Driven Private Equity Firms. JAMA Health Forum.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

Michaels Hospital in Toronto, and health justice activist. Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. So we did a podcast on aging and homelessness with Margot Kushel in 2023. Today we talk with Naheed Dosani, a palliative care physician at St. Today we discuss: What is the best terminology?

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Her name is Emily Groopman, and she’s a current resident at Children’s National Hospital. This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. You can contact her via email at egroopman@childrensnational.org.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

He had a 14 month recovery in hospital and rehab and continually asked to have life sustaining treatment suspended so that he could be allowed to die. Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex. Here we go.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

Today we talk with Margot Kushel about how we got here, including: That sense of powerlessness as a clinician when you “fix up” a patient in the hospital, only to discharge them to the street knowing things will fall apart. We would admit them to the hospital. Who doesn’t want to leave the hospital? Eric: I love this.