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'Slow Medicine': A Compassionate Approach to Caring for our Elders

'Slow Medicine': A Compassionate Approach to Caring for our Elders

FromFocus on Geriatric Medicine and Aging


'Slow Medicine': A Compassionate Approach to Caring for our Elders

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


Dr. Dennis McCullough embodies the Tibetan wisdom 'make haste slowly.' How can we navigate caring for our elders with compassion and understanding? Dr. Dennis McCullough has been an in the-trenches family doc and geriatrician for 30 years. He serves as a faculty member in the department of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. He is author of the book My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing 'Slow Medicine,' the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Loved Ones. What exactly is slow medicine? Tune in for host Dr. Leslie Lundt's conversation with Dr. McCullough to find out.
Released:
May 14, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (50)

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