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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

First we have Michael Kearney, who’s a palliative and hospice doctor at the Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara and author of several books. His latest book is called Becoming Forest A Story of Deep Belonging, and he’s the founder of the Becoming Forest Project. And I would just plug this book. Canadians are welcoming.

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Feeding Your Nursing Career

Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

Are you willing to feed your career as well as you feed your own body? How do you choose to optimize the nutrition that you feed to your body every day? Pay attention to what you're feeding your nursing career. Ask yourself the following questions: How do I feed my nursing career? What is my career asking of me?

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The Well-Fed Nursing Career

Minority Nurse

How are you feeding your career, and is it getting the macronutrients it needs to thrive? Not Rocket Science Feeding your nursing career an excellent nutritious diet may not be rocket science, but it doesn’t always come naturally. Just like your body, your nursing career needs good nutrition.

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Former Mercy Health CEO: U.S. Needs to Embrace ‘Death Literacy’

Hospice News

This is the subject of Connelly’s recent book, The Journey’s End: An Investigation of Death & Dying in America. It’s going into an intensive care unit and getting feeding tubes and ventilators and all this stuff that isn’t going to change anything. But they don’t always understand what that means.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. I have written about it in the book. Alex: I love the story of this book, how it starts so locally and then moves on to the Kerala region and then moves to India. Tom: Okay, great.

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Advanced Pain Management in Cancer: Janet Abrahm

GeriPal

Janet is the author of the 4th edition of the book Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer, along with co-authors Molly Collins and BR Daubman. This book is terrific, truly comprehensive, and is a go to resource for when I’m “stuck” taking care of patients with cancer. . Janet: Beautiful.

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

She covers topics on death, dying, and hospice from a hospice nurse perspective, and she also has a book coming out called “ Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully ,” which is now available for pre-order. Her book is called Nothing to Fear. Eric: And just a quick note, Sammy too on TikTok and on Instagram.

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