PODCAST BLOG – TRILLIUM INSTITUTE

What Can We Learn from Patients with Serious Illness?

Posted on January 16, 2023 (February 2, 2023)

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. […]

What Does Hope Really Mean to the Seriously Ill?

Posted on November 29, 2022 (February 2, 2023)

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. […]

Pain and Suffering Aren’t the Same Thing in the Lives of Patients with Serious Illnesses

Posted on September 1, 2022

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 […]

There Is No Magic Bullet or Secret Answer to Difficult Treatment Decisions

Posted on June 14, 2022 (June 15, 2022)

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 […]

What Is Most Important When We Can’t Have What We Really Want—a Cure

Posted on May 28, 2022 (June 15, 2022)

Palliative Matters: Episode 1 What Is Most Important When We Can’t Have What We Really Want—a Cure What do seriously ill patients and their families go through when confronted with difficult decisions about the patient’s medical treatment—especially when there are no clear best answers or obvious solutions? The illness may keep advancing despite all of […]