What is Palliative Care?

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 Can We Learn from Patients with Serious Illness?

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 Does Hope Really Mean to the Seriously Ill?   

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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