GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Justin Sanders wants to be sure the newer generations of palliative care clinicians understand the early principles and problems that animated the founders of hospice and palliative care, including: Origins of the word palliative – its not what I thought! If you read just one, read Palliative Medicine – Just Another Specialty ?

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Coming off as rote and scripted during a serious illness conversation can have a similar off-putting impact on patients and families. Today we talk with Josh about how to anticipate and avoid the uncanny valley. And talk about times when we’ve fallen into it. . Key message: Listen to the music. All the time. ;). We’ll have links to it.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The instructor, Fran Cook , gave all the students a survey without explanation. Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange.

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

This week we’ve invited three guests to share their stories about storytelling that’s written for healthcare providers. And so, it’s about going live on stage in the medical audience, and everything from the whiteboard in the surgery room saying, “Here’s the lineup. The first guest is Liz Salmi. Eric: Lucky Strike.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Practice-PC is an intentionally interprofessional and cutting edge year-long group continuing education course in palliative care for working professionals from all disciplines, in the Bay Area. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. First, the lyrics, that’s the main reason why I chose it. The theme is death. LaVera: Yeah.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex. Bill 01:52 I do. Here we go.

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GeriPal

MARCH 31, 2022

So we are delighted today to welcome Marilyn McEntyre, who’s a longtime teacher of literature and medical humanities. Who is a long time teacher in the joint medical program, now Emeritus. Joint medical program is between UC Berkeley and UCSF. I was a medical student there some 25 years ago or so.

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GeriPal

MARCH 16, 2023

We have two authors, books, op-eds, prolific authors, and today’s podcast is a two-part special. So this week we’re going to be talking about writing for the lay public, and next week we’ll be publishing a podcast on writing for healthcare providers. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Rosanne. Rosanne: Thank you, Alex.

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Doctors for America

MAY 5, 2025

HIPAA is a decades-old law that provides the foundation for medical privacy and is critical for doctor-patient trust. Democracy Forward is committed to representing clients in defending and expanding access to reproductive healthcare and ensuring that Americans can seek care without fear of political interference.”

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GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Haider: Yeah, this is a special song. And then one day when I was in my third year of medical school, I was in the gym and I hurt my back in a really horrific way. We discussed the nature of pain, what makes chronic pain different from acute pain, what’s the difference between proprioception, pain, and suffering, and so much more.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

That happened to me when reading “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.” Summary Transcript Summary Sometimes you read a book and get a flash of insight – that “ah ha!” moment – about yourself and the ways you interact with others. So I came across this book and found it very helpful.

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Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

This federal law has required hospitals with emergency departments to provide stabilizing treatment, including abortion, to patients experiencing medical emergencies for nearly four decades. Doctors for America’s motion to intervene was filed in Catholic Medical Association v.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Read transcript and/or download & listen to MP3 below:  Physician burnout—symptom of a broken system “Burnout” has become one of the most talked-about issues in healthcare—but behind the buzzword lies a deeper crisis. Among medical trainees suicide is the number one cause of death today. To be real. Think about it.

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Doctors for America

APRIL 22, 2025

We urge elected leaders to stop choosing inaction over responsibility. . ### About Doctors for America: Doctors for America mobilizes doctors and medical students to be leaders in putting patients over politics to improve the health of our patients, communities, and nation.

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Doctors for America

APRIL 29, 2025

Vague statements by HHS and FDA leadership about rehiring officials and reconstituting essential agencies that were essentially eliminated have been made — however, a clear plan that ensures patients have continued access to healthcare and public health services has not been put forward to the public.

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