Life & Death Matters

AUGUST 28, 2023

We desired to support her in her grief. Three months later, our […] The post Book Recommendation: Unobservable: Poems of Grief and Grace, by Siobhan Westrop appeared first on Life and Death Matters. In October 2019 Ted and I flew to join Siobhan. We walked the beaches together. Little did we know.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Though his narrow definition of suffering as injured or threatened personhood has been critiqued , the central concept was a motivating force for many of us to enter the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, Eric and I included. Today we talk about suffering in the many forms we encounter in palliative care. Wallace, C.L., in preparation).

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He has a book, which I have read, Facing Death, and we will discuss Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life. Eric: Well, I’m going to jump around a little bit because I’m going to go, Brad, I had a chance to read some of your book and one of the chapters was on your own prostate cancer diagnosis.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

On today’s podcast, we’ve invited Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson to talk to us about anxiety. Alex is a triple-boarded (palliative care, internal medicine, and psychiatry) assistant professor of medicine at Stanford. Brianna is one of UCSF’s palliative care fellows who just completed her psychiatry residency. Briana, welcome.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Her first publication, a children’s book entitled Daniel’s World: A Book About Children with Disabilities , is the closest to her heart. We also run a caregiver institute and a Full Circle grief and loss center. Benton has a master’s degree in medical ethics and a doctorate in public health.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Don, welcome to GeriPal. Don: Thanks for having me, Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Abby Rosenberg, who’s Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Director of Palliative Care at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 8, 2024

I first met Thomas when he visited UC Berkeley in the late 90’s after publishing his book, “ The Undertaking: Stories from the Dismal Trade.” He is the author of six collections of poems and six books of essays, and he has a book of short stories and a novel forthcoming. This emergent reality that someone we love has just died.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Alex 00:15 We are delighted to welcome Jane deLima Thomas, who was a co-fellow with me back in the day in palliative care. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane 00:37 Thank you so much for inviting me. Ishwaria, welcome to GeriPal. Ishwaria 00:59 Such a pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 27, 2024

But when grief becomes so intense it interferes with everyday life, you shouldn’t try to navigate it alone. As Grief Awareness Day approaches on August 30, the Traditions Health team shares the importance of knowing when to seek extra support. It’s also important to remember that everyone’s experience of grief is different.

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The Nurse Break

DECEMBER 4, 2022

18 best books for nurses about grief, death and loss. Processing grief can be a significant challenge to those directly experiencing loss and their loved ones. Have a book suggestion? Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

These realizations led Barbara to sit down and write, gone from my site, the little blue book that has changed the hospice industry. We love this book, especially me, I like to show off my copy. Each person seemed to be going through the stages of death in almost the same manner, and most families came to her with similar questions.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

JUNE 6, 2024

Years later, when I was a geriatric fellow, he gave me another gift by asking me to review James Hallenbeck’s remarkable book Palliative Care Perspectives for the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Elizabeth Hart, MD has been recognized as one of the exceptional individuals chosen as a 2024 AAHPM Visionaries in Hospice and Palliative Care.

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Palliverse

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

We might only appear briefly in the final chapters if it was a book. Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash For those of us working in Palliative Care, we must remind ourselves that we are only briefly there in our patients’ lives. We have a small part to play in a person’s life as a whole. They have to do what is right for them.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

I couldnt help it, forgive me dear listeners, I had to do a longer than usual cut at the start! Eric 00:04 And Alex, we got a lot to talk about today. Who are our guests? Peter, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. And when she was here, she co founded the Golden Compass Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital for older adults living with HIV.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

You’d imagine though that our professional expertise and experiences in helping patients and families cope with loss and grief would be helpful in managing our own personal losses. A great website for dealing with loss and grief : refugeingrief.com. Turns out, it’s maybe not. Alex: This is Alex Smith.

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GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

To the deeper emotions – of loss and grief, of wonder and transcendence – that are at the heart of the complex care we provide. Loss, Losing and Loosening, poetry for grief and loss . In the first podcast, we talked with Guy Micco and Marilyn MacEntyre about poetry and aging. Poetry puts us in our patient’s shoes.

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Palliverse

MAY 7, 2022

I have finally completed it today, and it serves as a sneak preview chapter for my upcoming book Bedsides Lessons which will be available for purchase on Amazon Kindle on 09 June 2022. I started writing this post two years ago, and I tried to complete it this time last year but I wasn’t able to. Photo by Sooz. on Unsplash.

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