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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

We’re doing a lot of interactive relationship building. I can either tell you, “Here’s what I want you to do and know,” or I can just give you a book and say, “Go read it.” Medicine’s a tough road for everybody, and we put all kinds of barriers in the way in addition.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

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Alex is a triple-boarded (palliative care, internal medicine, and psychiatry) assistant professor of medicine at Stanford. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson have no relationships to disclose. And so they stay away from the conversation altogether.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

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What’s your favorite book? There’s a small book called Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings written by Hilary Moss. She has a new book coming out, but keep going. Relationships are usually more complicated. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. And they would freeze.

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Images of the Dying: A Podcast with Wendy MacNaughton, Lingsheng Li, and Frank Ostaseski

GeriPal

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. I won and ended up producing a little book called how to say goodbye. She has a TED talk. When were you. Alex 16:31 Oh.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. Tim 35:35 No, I would go a little, a little further, you know, and maybe kind of take a page from Joe’s book when Joe said, you know, what does a good day look like for you? Or do you dive deeper?

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

GeriPal

Times , The BMJ , and Annals of Internal Medicine. . Because just like in the bedside space, if you are using humor in a way that builds bonds and relationships with the patient can be really beautiful, and normalizing. Alex: And you published in Washington Post, Annals of Internal Medicine. She has a book out.

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Dialysis vs Conservative Management for Older Adults: Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath

GeriPal

And the main topic of today is a paper in Annals of Internal Medicine , Maria first author, that addressed the tradeoffs between initiating dialysis vs continued medical/supportive management. 77 days, but that’s not very long at all, you know, at least in my book. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.