GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Prognosis communication and the subtle ways we may communicate it without intention. Community-based palliative care networks . I have written about it in the book.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

And so when I had decided to socially, medically, and surgically transition, I had to really sit down with members of the department and really did a lot of in services. Knowing that the community is really underrepresented in sort of our knowledge, what we do, how we provide care that’s truly inclusive and welcoming.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. And you wrote this article, which probably for geriatricians, they probably have a love-hate relationship with your title, which is the Paradoxical Decline of Geriatric Medicine as a Profession.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast. But watch out!

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He spent a long time as hospice medical director and he founded a national model of care that many of our listeners will be familiar with, AIM, which stands for the Advanced Illness Management program, which has influenced CMS policy. Alex: She’s also associate professor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Harvard Medical School.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

She covers topics on death, dying, and hospice from a hospice nurse perspective, and she also has a book coming out called “ Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully ,” which is now available for pre-order. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Her book is called Nothing to Fear. I don’t look.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

You can hear Tyler and I having a great time singing together and sharing stories around his podcast My Medical Mixtape. And I was fortunate to record an episode of my medical mixtape with Tyler at the w hich meeting were we at, Tyler ? And so this is a shout out to our inpatient palliative team at Dell Medical School.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

** Claim your CME credit for EP297 “The Nature of Suffering” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for the annual CME subscription ( cost is $100 for a year’s worth of CME podcasts ), you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. We’re going to be talking about the American Geriatric Society position statement on making medical treatment decisions.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress.

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Doctor Rachel

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

This is a HUGE subject and this is a brief attempt to organize my early thoughts on right relationship, through the lens of my own life. I also mention a number of books throughout, which give more detailed accounts of the points discussed.) Marriage and relationship, certainly. Creating community. It’s a lot.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Our focus today, however, was on her most recently published book titled How to Say Goodby e. This beautiful book began as a very personal project for Wendy while she was the artist-in-residence at Zen Hospice. What is it about the images of the dying that helps teach medical students? She has a TED talk. When were you.

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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

MARCH 6, 2025

link] Toronto Star Feature [link] CityNews Toronto Feature [link] Psychosocial Interventions at PEACH In addition to medical care, PEACH also runs two key psychosocial interventions for our clients: PEACH Grief Circles Structured spaces for workers in the homelessness sector to process grief. those experiencing homelessness).

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Alex and I did a study on over 2000 community dwelling older adults, and we found that over two thirds of people had geriatric conditions, these geriatric syndromes, and palliative care related problems like pain, difficulty climbing stairs. One of my good friends, Jerome Kim, is a community oncologist. Throw it in the trash.”

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Nathan: I have drawn for my entire life, but I gave up cartoons because I thought I had to during medical school and residency. But if you look at my lecture notes from medical school, it’s just plastered with cartoons and doodles. I thought doctors are serious, cartoons are not serious. It was in there just trying to escape.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). Alex: Coming up we talk with three pastoral care workers who are inmates who have been volunteering in the hospice at the California Medical Facility prison for some time. ” He was hardcore.

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GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

We remember bucking the rules, figuring out who you are, hair on fire, feeling invulnerable, trying to figure out who you are – and now those adolescents are stuck in the hospital, with doctors and parents telling them what to do, having their autonomy crushed by the medical institution, realizing they’re not invulnerable.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In his book The Hour of our Death Philip Aries described a long evolution in western civilization of cultural attitudes towards dying. More recently Sharon Kaufman ‘s book And a Time to Die described the ways in which physicians, nurses, hospital systems, and payment mechanisms influenced the hour and manner of patient’s deaths.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

On today’s podcast we talk with Jason Karlawish, who we’ve had on previously talking about his book The Problem of Alzheimer’s and with Aaron Kesselhim, to discuss FDA approval of Aducanumab , as well as frequent guest and host Ken Covinsky. . And by the way, Harvey has a brand new book out Dignity and Care. Wait, what ? .

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Tell me how your illness has impacted your relationships with others, your healthcare team, your family, friends, your beliefs, your values, your preferences. So we have community volunteers who often they have a background in writing or background in healthcare, certainly an interest in interviewing and an interest in writing.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

She’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc and is associate chair for professional development in the department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Alex 43:44 Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Sometimes you read a book and get a flash of insight – that “ah ha!” Also hat tip to Matthew Growdon for recommending the book. Today we talk with Bob Arnold, who has a long list of recommendations for books that have the potential to generate an “ah ha!” Please shop locally. Please shop locally.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Certainly a lot of communities we’re thinking about LA right now and the collective trauma that they’re experiencing from the fires. So thinking about addressing trauma as part of our management of other symptoms can be really helpful or at least taking a trauma informed lens to our medical approach.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Elizabeth Eckstrom is a geriatrician, professor of medicine at OHSU, and author of a new book, the Gift of Aging. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston have no relationships to disclose. Who do we have with us on this podcast? Anna 00:36 Thank you so much.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

That was the lesson I learned from reading a new book edited by Matt Loscalzo along with Marshall Forstein called “ Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals ”. Matt, tell me about the book that you just published. ” And we began this edited version of this book. Alex: Great choice.

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GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

We talk not only about reading poetry, but also writing poetry, and using poetry in medical education as a healing modality. When I was about nine-years-old, they gave me a book of poems of Edna St. In school, I was asked to write a book report, and instead of writing a book report, I wrote a poem that went. Mike: Yeah.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

So many times, family caregivers have to argue with their loved ones about getting more help in the home or moving them to a place that has safety, has close proximity to medical care. But that’s something that we never get taught in medical school, and it’s not a bad thing to negotiate with somebody. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

And I graduated from medical school in the early 80s. So it felt like it was being part of this huge kind of change in the whole environment and the whole experience of that community. I couldnt help it, forgive me dear listeners, I had to do a longer than usual cut at the start! Peter 08:06 Yeah, generally that’s true.

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