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Dr. Bill Richards has been researching the therapeutic uses of psychedelic substances for 60 years and he believes there's a legitimate role for them in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and interpersonal withdrawal. He believes these substances behave in a novel way among psychiatric medications: it's the memory of an experience that's therapeutic and that you carry with you. You don't have t...

Twenty percent of Americans live in a rural setting and full access to some medical care is limited: often requiring long drives or temporary relocations. That includes specialty palliative care -- the interdisciplinary services of physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains aimed at helping patients control symptoms of a serious illness. On today's podcast, we explore a demonstration projec...

The days of medical robots, scanners, and bots are upon us ��� but do not fear! ��� these tools of digital health may be exactly what the doctor ordered to regain the personalism that's at the heart of caring. . Dr. Bertalan Mesk�� is the director of The Medical Futurist Institute .

. The indiscriminate targeting of civilians as the Russian military prosecutes its illegal war on Ukraine has caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis: more than a quarter of Ukraine's forty million citizens are displaced.�� In this episode, using a lens of whole person care, we talk with people reaching out to others in wartime,��making connections, and countering the darkness with (in the wor...

Our guests this week bring tremendous expertise to the constellation of issues that surround family caregiving: from managing the expense of caregiving, to strategies for finding respite care, to enjoying the psycho-social benefits of being present and accompanying a loved one in a time of need.�� �� In addition, we hear excerpts from interviews with two family caregivers who talk with producer Sc...

Linda's parents were both active long into their lives, but as they began to age, they began to need more and more help. Linda lived near them and initially was able to check in on them daily. But soon after her father died, a decision was made for Linda and her husband to move into her parents' home so she could provide more constant care of her mother. Linda talks about the importance of asking...

Marti talks about coming to a realization that "this is Julia's life," rather than something that 'happened' to Marti. She talks about the way Julia has an impact on others, such as the childhood friends of her brother, whom Marti believes have grown up to be more compassionate simply because they have a relationship with Julia. ��Scott and Marti talk about the importance of taking breaks (and how...

Susan Marks is a certified family nurse practitioner who focuses on the medical use of cannabis. She's also a daily user for essential tremor. She talks with host Se��n Collins about what she calls the treasure trove of medicinal benefits the cannabinoids in marijuana represent.�� . Susan Marks, CFNP Website ��| �� Twitter ��| �� Facebook . American Cannabis Nurses Association Doctors for Cannabis...

Daniela Lamas, M.D., is a critical care physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a faculty member at the Harvard Medical School. She's also a frequent opinion writer for The New York Times . The paper published her piece, " When Faced With Death, People Often Change Their Minds, " earlier this year. ���� �� "We need to shift the focus from talking to healthy people about what would...

Claire Zangerle, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, FAAN Chief Nurse Executive�� Allegheny Health Network�� Pittsburgh, Penn. . David Marshall, JD, DNP, RN, FAAN Senior Vice President,�� Chief Nursing Executive�� Cedars-Sinai Los Angeles, Calif. . Syl Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN Senior Vice President Chief Nursing Officer Providence Renton, Wash. . And we hear a nursing story from Jen Little-R...

Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, president of clinical operations at Providence, believes we're about to see the end of the pandemic and the beginning of endemic COVID - where the illness is less severe yet more widely seen in the general population. The unprecedented rapid development of vaccines has made this remarkable advance possible. Julie Rovner, who has been following the Supreme Court's review o...

. We could have produced this episode in any month of the year: problematic substance use can be triggered by any number of things and at any time. But in December, as one year is poised to give way to another, the stressors seem to mount: finances, holiday expectations, extended family dynamics, and what seems to be a never-ending pandemic. We reached out to three people ��� all with personal exp...

. From the October 17, 2001 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association : The effective practice of medicine requires narrative competence, that is, the ability to acknowledge, absorb, interpret, and act on the stories and plights of others. Medicine practiced with narrative competence, called narrative medicine, is proposed as a model for humane and effective medical practice. Adopti...

. Chloe Zelkha is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. She helped to found the COVID Grief Network which is putting groups of young adults together with therapists and chaplains to make meaning of their losses during the COVID pandemic. Zelkha has worked as a resident chaplain at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco and was a guest on an earlier episode of this podcast. �� ....

. PERSONALIZING CARE IN A TRANSACTIONAL WORLD excerpts from the online conference held 1 November 2021 and sponsored by the Providence Institute for Human Caring . You can watch the videos of each online session here . . CONFERENCE AGENDA . KEYNOTE: Three Keys to Personalizing Healthcare�� Dr. Ira Byock, Institute for Human Caring . Why Serious Illness is a Serious Health-Equity Issue�� Dr. Tammie...

. Rayna Oliver Student University of Washington . . Megan McAninch-Jones, MBA, M.SC.�� Executive Director Community Investment Strategy & Evaluation Providence . . Dana Codron, RN Northern California Regional Director Community Health Investment�� Providence . . Aimee Khuu, MPA Executive Director, Health Equity���� Providence Home and Community Care . . Read more about Providence and Populatio...

. PART ONE PERSONALIZING CARE IN A TRANSACTIONAL WORLD . Dr. Wes Ely is the author of the new book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath:�� A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU. He's also one of the participants in the upcoming online conference Personalizing Care in a Transactional World , presented by the Providence Institute for Human Caring. The conference is be...

The people of Afghanistan have lived with the trauma of war for close to 50 years. Jacki Lyden is�� a writer and former host & correspondent for NPR News ,��who first went to Kabul just as the Taliban left a generation ago.�� She taught journalism for an American NGO in Afghanistan, and has maintained ties with Afghan friends and colleagues. . . Heidi Miller, M.D. is the Medical Director of th...

Christian Diance, RN BSN Critical Care Nurse Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Los Angeles, Calif. . Instructor STOP THE BLEED�� Los Angeles, Calif. . . Andrea Chia, RN School Nurse Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles, Calif. . . Rocky Duff, RN Perioperative Nurse Providence Medical Group Spokane, Wash. . Megan Craft, RN Critical Care Nurse Swedish First Hill Medical Center Seattle,...

Chase Anderson, M.D. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow UCSF San Francisco, Calif. . . Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, M.D. Professor & Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine UT Health Rehabilitation San Antonio, Texas . . Riordan Ledgerwood, M.D. General Pediatrician Killeen, Texas . . Joel Bervell, MS3 Washington State University�� Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Spokane, Wash. . Listen to Joel...

We return to two caregivers who poignantly described the Winter Surge in Southern California in our episode " COVID-19 Realities, " in January 2021. Listener advisory: The effects on these caregivers of treating unvaccinated patients is startling. . Zahra Esmail, DO Palliative Care Physician Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, Calif. . Christina Rothans, LCSW Palliative Care...

It's crazy how complicated the relationship is between your dentist and your other healthcare providers. There are cultural, institutional, regulatory, and financial barriers that would have to be dismantled for a better system to prevail. And the pandemic may be just the excuse we needed to work on making change. . . Oral Health Stakeholders: A ��Time for Alignment and Action Millbank Quarterly,...

Robin Henderson, Psy. D. Chief Executive for Behavioral Health Providence Oregon Chief Clinical Officer�� Work to be Well Portland, Ore.�� . . Crystal Brown-Tatum�� Director of Human Resources�� Cadence Delivery Fort Worth, Texas. . . Joselyn Eitemiller MA, CCC-SLP Home Health Clinical Manager Providence SoundHomeCare Olympia, Wash. . . Jessica Collins, CRNA Nurse Anesthetist and mother of three S...

We explore the poetry of medicine by offering two conversations. In the first, Dr. Ira Byock talks with Dr. Patrick Clary about his poetry, why he writes it, how he uses it, and why it matters. "I don't see it as a medical practice so much as a humane practice for us as we do medicine; to maintain our way of looking at our patients as people." �� �� ���Dr. Patrick Clary in conversation with Dr. Ir...

Jeremy Edmonds Marketing and Outreach Liaison�� Providence ElderPlace ��� PACE A Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly Seattle, Wash. �� Victoria Johnson�� Quality Compliance Specialist�� Providence ElderPlace ��� PACE A Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly Seattle, Wash. . . Listen to the debut episode , "I see you. I hear you. And I ache for you," featuring Jeremy Edmonds &...