GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Alex: Also returning Rebecca Sudore, who is professor of medicine at the UCSF in the division of geriatrics, and is a geriatric and palliative care doctor. I think I’m heartened by the fact that over the last decade or so, the definition of advance care planning has evolved. Welcome back, Rebecca.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It’s just an interference with good patient care. I can on one hand count the patients I’ve cared for who didn’t want mechanical ventilation. Kelly: Yeah, no, definitely. Eric: Statutory language in a durable power attorney form. Alex: And that’s just annoying. Eric: Just too much.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . Palliative care, in contrast, saw explosive growth in US hospitals. I was always critical care bound since medical school.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

We did the Geriatric 5M approach to telemedicine with Lauren Mo. In our particular practice, we take care of a very large population of patients with ALS who of course have a lot of physical disability. And because there are not many ALS centers in California, lots of those patients are pretty spread out. Alex: Hope so.

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