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Treating Patients as They Approach End of Life

Treating Patients as They Approach End of Life

FromFocus on Geriatric Medicine and Aging


Treating Patients as They Approach End of Life

FromFocus on Geriatric Medicine and Aging

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Released:
May 14, 2008
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Podcast episode

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Guest: Dennis McCullough, MD

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD


In the later stages of life, patient care often requires a different approach. How can a physician help geriatric patients and their loved ones through the last stations of life: decline, prelude to dying, dying and grieving? Dr. Dennis McCullough, associate professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth School of Medicine and practicing geriatrician for 30 years, joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to explain ‘slow medicine.' Dr. McCullough discusses a forward approach to planning, understanding a patient's comfort with risk vs. safety, as well as building and using a team.
Released:
May 14, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode

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