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

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And so here’s a picture of four healthcare providers behind bars. ” The first healthcare provider said, “I said withdrawal of care. But luckily, Anne Kelly, our social worker, was in the room with me and said the magic thing that just was the right thing to say. And at the top it says, “Pali-Jail.”

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Miscommunication in Medicine: A podcast with Shunichi Nakagawa, Abby Rosenberg and Don Sullivan

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Their oxygenation, while important, whether or not we can take them off the ventilator, probably has nothing to do with the big picture, oh, and they’re dying of metastatic pancreatic cancer. ” [laughter] Alex: Poor ICU doctors, you’re getting a lot of grief today. ” I always blame, sorry, Don, the ICU doctors.

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