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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

And the hard part is, as a provider in palliative care, I actually have very little say of which hospice the individuals we consult to go to. It’s going to be published as a special report in JPM I hope in May with as of today, 279, I think HPM physician colleagues, signatures including 21 of the living past presidents of the academy.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

So elderly people who aspirated, got pneumonia, had an mi, didn’t get hauled off to the emergency room on an ambulance crew so they could die in the ER. They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. That makes it really special for them and for me. That’s why we did it.