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Pediatric Hospice Care

Shining Light Hospice

Social workers offer emotional support to both the child and family, helping them navigate through the challenging emotions accompanying the situation. They can guide families through their grief, helping them understand and validate their feelings of sadness, anger, or guilt.

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

GeriPal

Our listeners will be familiar with Anne Kelly, who’s a social worker at the San Francisco VA, on the palliative care service, who wrote a JAMA piece of my mind title The Last Visit. As I went through my grief process, journaling and writing was not something I did. Eric: Alex, we got a full house today. Anne: Hi, guys.