GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Coming off as rote and scripted during a serious illness conversation can have a similar off-putting impact on patients and families. Alex: Today, we’re delighted to welcome Josh Briscoe, who is assistant professor of medicine and psychiatry at Duke, and a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center.

Illness 101

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 101

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JUNE 5, 2021

I've been neglecting this blog. I write a column in a medical newspaper every couple of months, and that absorbs my writing energy. There was a Milligan-esque relief in these counselling sessions – “I told you I was ill”. My wonderful GP has died, but I am building a relationship with my new one. She waited.

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GP Screening Mental Health IT 100

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest hosts Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly have no relationships to disclose. Eric: Definitely MAID- Alex: Eric knows, MAID in Canada Eric: Medical Aid In Dying in Canada. Alex: And, we’ve had two prior podcasts where we had guests who were very pro Medical Aid In Dying.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. Four percent. This is Eric Widera.

Illness 144

Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Unpacking characteristics of spirituality through the lens of persons of colour living with serious illness: The need for nurse-based education to increase understanding of the spiritual dimension in healthcare. What Mattered Then, Now, and Always: Illness Narratives From Persons of Color. Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011.

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Patient-Centered Illness Healthcare IT 115

GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

So during the dissertation, that was a method for my PhD research and that’s related to… I was learning about African American elders experiences of psych-social-spiritual healing and serious illness. Tell me about your illness. So that’s a title of a publication in qualitative health research.

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IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Illness 105

GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Eric and Alex have featured discussions about complex bioethical concepts around caring for people at the end of life, including voluntarily stopping eating and drinking ( VSED ), and multiple episodes about the ethical issues surrounding medical aid in dying ( MAID ). Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 87

FDA Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

This Assessment does not itself prescribe specific remedies for the ills it diagnoses; those are supposedly coming in the future Strategy document. The Assessment states that this prescribing is tantamount to doing direct harm, given the known and unknown risks and benefits of drugs in these contexts of use.

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Chronic Disease Government Chronic Condition Clinic 59

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Alex 12:36 And most of our listeners are like clinician, practicing clinicians caring for older adults, people with serious illness. Alex 21:31 Blog post, if we’re talking about the same study, was like, fast food palliative care, in and out palliative care, something like that. This is Eric Widera. Is this superior to that?

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary As Betty Ferrell says on our podcast today, nurses play an essential role in care of people with serious illness. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Betty Ferrell has no relationships to disclose. Who spends the most time with the patient in the infusion center? Doing home care?

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Consulting 119

GeriPal

APRIL 11, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Joshua Briscoe, Bryanna Moore, Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby & Olubukunola Dwyer have no relationships to disclose. He is a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center in Duke and blogs on Substack at Notes from a Family Meeting.

Patient-Centered 128

Patient-Centered IT Patients Consulting 128

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

And you’re supposed to read the medical literature and basically I have sort of found that the medical literature are not the books that have helped me get better or smarter. Can I ask, how did it change you, how you think about talking to folks with serious illness? I’m sort of losing it. Eric: Yeah.

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IT Medical Student Medical Family 104

GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ill end this intro with a quote from Deb Grady in an editors commentary to our thought piece in JAMA Internal Medicine about this topic: Voice technology that creates a searchable database of patients every encounter with a health care professional? Alex 01:13 We ve got a full house. Jenny, welcome back to GeriPal. Jenny 01:27 Thanks.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 108