GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

We talk about why it’s so hard with Abby Rosenberg (chief of PC at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Nick Purol (clinical social worker at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Daniel Eison (pediatric PC doc and co-host of PediPal). It is really difficult for the patients and the families. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Abby. Abby: Thank you.

IT 83

IT Families Family Illness 83

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients. Other states set lower bars, including oral assignment of surrogate decision-makers. What words to use? Is the POLST useful?

Families 112

Families Family Patient-Centered IT 112

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Keri Brenner, who is also a psychiatrist and palliative care doctor and clinical associate professor at Stanford.

Patients 109

Patients IT Families Family 109

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. Okay, I don’t necessarily want to stay clinical, but I really love that spiritual work and what’s the closest profession. And we don’t know very much about how all of those overlap.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99