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

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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. by Kearney. I promise its short. Canadians are welcoming.

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House Passes Gerald’s Law to Establish Burial Benefits for Veterans in Hospice

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I delved into the books on VA law and found out that, in fact, VA hospice is not considered VA health care.” “Nobody seems to know why that was never covered; it was some kind of glitch,” Formolo told Hospice News in June. “I Colin Allred (D-Texas) co-sponsored the bipartisan bill, which now goes to the Senate.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

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Additionally, here are some of the resources we talked about during the podcast: Eduardo Brueras editorial that accompanies the JAMA paper titled Improving Palliative Care Access for Patients With Cancer Our podcast on Stepped Palliative Care with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar The book What’s in the Syringe?

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Hospice as ‘Personalized Medicine’

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There’s a lot of medicine that is practiced in a recipe book sort of fashion. The term personalized medicine is often used to describe health needs based on a patients genetics. However, more stakeholders are applying the term to hospice and palliative care. Between 2012 and 2019, only 6.8%

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The Emergence of Contemplative Medicine in Palliative Care

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Ellison is also co-author of the book, Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. “At Interest in contemplative medicine may be rising in the palliative and end-of-life care communities as more practitioners realize the potential benefits for clinicians and patients.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

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He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. Social pain and loneliness. Community-based palliative care networks .

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

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Heck, I’m not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us. Nathan is a Palliative Care doctor and an assistant professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. His work has been published in places like the L.A. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Nathan.