Perspectives in Palliative Medicine

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2010-01-21

  The Challenges to Pain Management in Geriatric Patients

Host: Porter Storey, MD Guest: Sean Morrison, MD What is the best treatment for our geriatric patients in pain? Do the hazards of analgesics outweigh the harm of being of pain for these patients? Dr. Sean Morrison joins host Dr. Porter Storey to expl...
2010-01-21

  Palliative Care's Role in Treatment of the Seriously Ill

Host: Porter Storey, MD Guest: Russell K. Portenoy, MD More than half of the United States’ large hospitals have a palliative care team. What constitutes good palliative care? How do specialist palliative care and generalist care differ? Tu...
2010-01-21

  Religious Issues Affecting End of Life Care

Host: Porter Storey, MD Guest: Richard Payne, MD Our patients' religious and spiritual beliefs must guide our care of them at end of life. Dr. Richard Payne, director of the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, tells host Dr. Porter Storey that...
2009-06-25

  Warning Shot: How to Deliver Difficult News

Host: Porter Storey, MD Guest: Gail Cooney, MD Delivering difficult news to a patient often requires a delicate and individualized approach. Dr. Gail Cooney reviews with host Dr. Porter Storey some of the most important do's and don'ts of communicati...
2009-06-25

  Appropriate Use, Undermedication and Abuse of Opioid Analgesics

Host: Porter Storey, MD Guest: Martha Twaddle, MD What signs does a physician need to consider when assessing a patient in pain and considering treatment with opioid analgesics? Host Dr. Porter Storey's guest Dr. Martha Twaddle is chief medical offic...