Author: Susan

What do we learn from our patients that make us better people and better doctors? In this episode, the doctors discuss patient circumstances and what these experiences have taught them. From learning to look for the gifts and miracles in even the direst of situations to making human connections to meet patients where they are, the doctors share real-life experiences that have helped shape who they are as doctors and as people. […]

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What do we learn from our patients that make us better people and better doctors? In this episode, the doctors discuss patient circumstances and what these experiences have taught them. From learning to look for the gifts and miracles in even the direst of situations to making human connections to meet patients where they are, the doctors share real-life experiences that have helped shape who they are as doctors and as people. […]

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Palliative Matters: Episode 4 What Does Hope Really Mean to the Seriously Ill? Hope is a complicated subject, with varied meanings and beliefs and interpretations. Nowhere is that clearer than for patients who are confronting serious, advanced or incurable—and for the palliative care clinicians who are tasked with supporting them through these difficult circumstances. Dr. […]

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Palliative Matters: Episode 3 Pain and Suffering Aren’t the Same Thing in the Lives of Patients with Serious Illnesses    Pain and suffering are closely linked, both in the expectations of patients who present in the doctor’s office with serious or life-threatening illnesses such as cancer and in the work of the palliative care clinicians […]

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Palliative Matters: Episode 2 There Is No Magic Bullet or Secret Answer to Difficult Treatment Decisions Families of patients with serious illnesses are often confronted with difficult decisions about treatment options, especially when none of the options being offered has a high likelihood of success. But the way these choices are presented to families in […]

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