GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

So, we formed this organization called Pain and Palliative Care Society in the Northern Kerala city of Kalakkad based in the government medical college. But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Raj: We are not limited by definitions because we started our first non non-government organization.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

And so in that context, knowing that there was going to be some evolution of policy in this area, that’s how I got involved consulting with members, trying to understand the situation better, that type of thing. And so now for March, 2024, the government still has said they’re planning to expand it for mental illness conditions.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

I love it and, but I just wondering as I’m doing inpatient consults or people are doing outpatient care or you’re caring for people and you don’t have this program, let’s say you can advocate for. Government is not the 51st state. It’s appreciating how it can go and not like having a rigid trajectory.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

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. As somebody who has been part of literally more non-profits than I can remember, non-profit governance structures is a pain in the ass. It feels somewhat random in some ways.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Alex: Also, I’ll say that on in my clinical practice doing palliative care consults, on the last time I was on service, I resolved to ask each patient, who could answer, which is a subset of the patients who I see, if they were lonely. Eric: I realize we’re almost out of time. Lightning round: magic wand. What would it be?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

We consult all the time on patients who have advanced directors who say one thing and we’re in a situation where it’s clear they want to do something else. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. Listen, this is what we do in the hospital.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Alex: Yeah, we talk a lot about de-skilling in geriatrics and palliative care, because so much of what we do is a consultant role. And it happened, and it happened in large part, as you note, because of enormous stimulus from the US government for health systems to adopt electronic health records. And then, this little mini consultant.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

So, I mean, one thing that I take from Winston’s great paper, which I consulted in writing mine and cited, although maybe not as frequently as I should have, is this idea that a lot of these terms, and I think this is a philosophical perspective that Winston and I are both sympathetic to. Sean 17:40 Yeah. The post What is Death?

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

But in California where I practice medical aid and dying is legal and similar to other issues that are controversial in some places, many physicians do not prescribe or do visits for medical aid and dying consultations. ” And I could tell you that’s a lot for a government agency to hear. We hear that all the time now.

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