32 episodes
MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care MJHS Institute
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The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is a not-for-profit unit of MJHS health system, supporting community-based palliative care through education, research, and quality management.
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Consent to Care: The Why, When, and What -- Pauline Lesage, MD, LLM
This podcast discusses the complexity of obtaining an informed consent, especially in the context of the patient lacking capacity.
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Palliative Care and the Post-Stroke Patient -- Mara Lugassy, MD
The purpose of this podcast is to enhance knowledge of the role of palliative care in managing complications of stroke.
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Management of Nausea and Constipation in Advanced Illness -- Pauline Lesage, MD, LLM
The goal of this podcast is to review the etiology, pathophysiology, and management of nausea and constipation, two common symptoms in advanced illness.
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Professor's Rounds: Integrating Palliative and Critical Care -- J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH
The purpose of this podcast is to increase your understanding of the principles and practices that facilitate high quality primary and specialty care in the ICU and review the existing evidence for specific approaches to integrating palliative care in the ICU.
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A 75-year-old man with CHF, COPD, chronic kidney disease, and frequent falls after medication change -- Michael Zablow, MD
The purpose of this podcast is to analyze how polypharmacy can cause falls and other side effects in the elderly.
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An 89-year-old woman with increasing weakness, declining function, and weight loss -- Michael Zablow, MD
The purpose of this podcast is to discuss the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of frailty in the geriatric population. The presentation will use discussion of clinical cases to illustrate a practical clinical treatment approach aimed at improving the patient’s symptoms and quality of life.