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

GeriPal

This week we’ve invited three guests to share their stories about storytelling that’s written for healthcare providers. Today we’re going to be talking about narrative writing specifically for healthcare professionals. What motivated you to reach out to the healthcare audience in this way? The first guest is Liz Salmi.

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How Long Can You Be in Palliative Care?

Seasons Hospice

While it may be used in conjunction with curative treatment plans to help manage symptoms or side effects of treatments, it is not intended to cure an illness. Advanced Directives Advanced directives , sometimes referred to as living wills, are documents that provide direction for end-of-life care decisions.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Ruth: There were some people who got comfort palliative care in the nursing home at end of life. Caroline: And I love how you highlight the importance of these staff biases, perhaps implicit bias that is driving some of these healthcare decisions. The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia.

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Pediatric Hospice Care

Shining Light Hospice

Instead, it’s about shifting the focus from curative treatments to comfort and quality of life. Hospice care can be provided concurrently with curative or life-prolonging treatments in pediatric patients, an approach known as palliative care. Choosing pediatric hospice care is an intensely personal decision.

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Confronting Stigma From Opioid Use Disorder in Cancer Care

Pallimed

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)? A heroin overdose signals a period of increased disease activity requiring more robust healthcare support.