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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

GeriPal

So my piece is really reflections around caring for my mom who died toward the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, and the influence of my work in hospice and palliative care and the perspective that I brought to my care for her in that time. It’s at this point where she’s talking about highly aggressive life-prolonging treatment.

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Confronting Stigma From Opioid Use Disorder in Cancer Care

Pallimed

This is exactly how we felt when we read the AAHPM Quarterly Winter 2020 Let’s Think About It Again. Ie, is dying in 2 months from untreated cancer alongside suboptimally treated OUD an acceptable alternative to dying in 1 year from properly treated cancer alongside suboptimally treated OUD (for a patient who wants cancer treatment)?