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Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng

GeriPal

Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz. Alex: And joining us as she has many times, Anne Kelly is a social worker at the San Francisco VA. Welcome, Liz. Liz: Thanks. I’m really excited to be here. Anne, welcome back.

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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

So our outpatient palliative care team does not have psychiatrists or psychologists or frankly, social workers. And that’s kind of the model that again, when we’ve studied this model in other care settings, we have to force that care model on them, even though other institutions do have different makeup.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

In this PONDER-ICU trial, we didn’t rely on palliative care specialists; we engaged bedside clinicians to have ICU communication and adhere to guidelines. We have our social workers and our psychologists and we know how to manage these symptoms. Eric: We just did a podcast on creating palliative care consults.