What is "Palliative Care" and when is it time to choose it?
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What is "Palliative Care" and when is it time to choose it?
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Narrado por:
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[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