• What is "Palliative Care" and when is it time to choose it?

  • Dec 3 2023
  • Length: 45 mins
  • Podcast
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What is "Palliative Care" and when is it time to choose it?

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  • Summary

  • [00:03] I. Intro and hello

    [02:07] II. Guest - Farhan Shams, MD. Geriatrician & Palliative Care specialist

    [02:49] III. What are Goals of Care?

    [05:38] IV. What is Palliative Care?

    [18:01] V. Who comprises a Palliative Care team, and what are their roles?

    [31:00] Expectations, communication, and understanding where the patient is coming from.

    [43:08] Change is the only constant in life

    [47:04] Futility

    [48:45] Closing

    Key takeaways:

    -- Palliative Care is a subspecialty and a team of professionals dedicated to improving the overall experience of a patient, family, and friends throughout the critically difficult moments of patient succumbing to disease.

    -- Comprised of a physician, nurse practitioner, psychologist, social worker, and chaplain; all specialized and with a professional focus in the field.

    -- Critical to establish "what are the goals of our treatment" and to ask "why are we doing what we are doing?"

    --Understanding, communication, expectations, hope, reality, and process.

    --Grief

    --A Palliative Care doctor is a "Life Coach" for the end-of-life process
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