GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

In case you miss the introductions at the start of the podcast, Bernie and Laurie are married, and offer wonderful reminiscence of their clinical practice over the last several decades. And the classic case that we often hear of is the poor old person who got a whole lot of medical treatment they wouldn’t have wanted an ICU flog.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

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. I’m really excited about this because clinically this happened to me, somebody was very angry at something we were talking about.

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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). The family dynamics are different though. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Abby. Abby: Thank you. Welcome, Nick.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” Really important person, who later in his life got very interested in healthcare.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Hypnosis: uses and how to get training via the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Janet Abrahm is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care. Lidocaine: worth the hype? Strengths and weaknesses of buprenorphine for cancer pain.

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