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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

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Times , The BMJ , and Annals of Internal Medicine. . Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. I think it was just sort of commentary that I had running in my head about what is the real utility of this radar? Nathan: I do.

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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

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Prior podcasts on the ethics of nudging , and a different trial conducted by Kate and Scott in which the default for hospitalized seriously ill patients was to receive a palliative care consult. This specific study , published in JAMA Internal Medicine, was conducted in 17 ICUs in North Carolina. What is sludge? Where was it?

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

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So take a listen and if you are interested in learning more, check out these wonderful links: Harvey’s latest book is called, Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter Michael J. And who’s a latest book is Dignity and Care: The Human Side of Medicine.