Palliative Care Chat - University of MD Baltimore

Listen to Dr. Michael Frakin, founder and CEO of Resolution Care Network, discuss his innovative practice model with Dr. Lynn McPherson.

Our guest today is Dr. Phyllis Chappell, who is a supportive and palliative care physician at Houston Methodist hospital and also a student in the MS and Certificate Palliative Care program at UMB. Hear her story of how she became a "wedding planner" for one of her patients at Houston Methodist. Bring tissues!

October 20-26, 2019 is National Spirituality Week. Enjoy this lively conversation between two spiritual advisors about implications of spirituality in end of life care.

Many pharmacists (especially members of the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists) made incredible presentations at PainWeek 2019 in Las Vegas recently! In this podcast they discuss their presentations, including take-away messages.

Listen as Dr. McPherson interviews Christina McCurdy, RN, MS, director of inpatient care, nursing support services, crisis intervention care and Medicare care choices at Community Hospice and Palliative Care in Jacksonville, Florida.

Episode 25 - Clinical Practice Guidelines For Quality Palliative Care An Interview With Drs. Ferrell And Twaddle. This is a fantastic interview with Drs. Betty Ferrell and Martha Twaddle, co-chairs of the 4th edition of the National Consensus Guidelines on Palliative Care!

Episode 24 - I'd Like To Volunteer For That - Innovations In Volunteerism In Hospice And Palliative Care. Volunteers play an important role in hospice, and recruiting volunteers is an ongoing effort in hospice. This podcast shares an interesting approach to using student pharmacists as hospice volunteers, and masters students as volunteers in the inpatient palliative care department!

You'll really enjoy this recounting of how research in palliative care originated, where we are now, and directions for the future. Listen to two experts in the field - Dr. Sean Morrison and Dr. Jennifer Tjia - they'll have us all wanting to do research in our chosen field!

Please join us as Dr. Scott Shreve describes the Veteran Affairs approach to hospice and palliative care.

Episode 21 - Magical, Mystical, Mischievous Methadone – Let’s Learn How To Use Methadone Safely And Appropriately! Three authors of the wonderful new article “Safe and Appropriate Use of Methadone in Hospice and Palliative Care: Expert Consensus White Paper” published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management discuss the impetus for the paper, and provide a summary of recommendations. Full text of article available for several weeks at: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Yb8B_K8Qc3jhA. You don’t want to miss this podcast!

In this episode of Palliative Care Chat, "Palliative Care Is Going to the Dogs (and Cats!): A Palliative Care Veterinarian to the Rescue!" Dr. McPherson interviews Beth Marchitelli, DVM, a veterinarian who specializes in hospice care and in-home euthanasia with 4 Paws Farewell in Asheville, NC.

Dr. McPherson speaks with Timothy Cox, JD, Senior Director of home based-post acute care evaluation and oversight at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in Washington DC.

In this episode of Palliative Care Chat, Dr. McPherson talks with Ms. Barbara Karnes, RN who authored the book "Gone From My Sights."

In this episode of Palliative Care Chat, Dr. McPherson interviews Jason A. Webb, MD, assistant professor of medicine, psychiatry, and behavioral medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, about psyche issues related to the end of life.

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