The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast
As one of just 80 U.S. surgeons currently board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Dr. Red created The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast to showcase the founders and the leaders of the surgical palliative care movement. Tune in to hear more about the rich history of the profession, to stay up to date on the latest research and to learn how to integrate palliative care into your practice. Hosted by Dr. Red and a variety of co-hosts, The Surgical Palliative Care Podcast aims to educate, foster community and provide mentorship to all those interested in making certain that all surgical and trauma patients receive the excellent treatment they deserve.
Episode 4: Dr. Zara Cooper: Surgical Palliative Care Researcher
Join host Dr. Red Hoffman and co-host Dr. Mackenzie Cook as they interview Dr. Zara Cooper, associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, Kessler Director of the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a prolific researcher in the field of surgical palliative care. Zara shares how she first became interested in the field of surgical palliative care, the importance of maintaining curiosity when talking to both patients and fellow surgeons, and the need to make certain that future research in palliative care helps to drive policy change. Zara manages to be incredibly smart, remarkably insightful and refreshingly approachable all at the same time, which makes for a great interview!
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Dr. Cooper’s articles discussed in this episode:
- Resident education and management of end-of-life care: the resident’s perspective
- Racial variation in the use of life-sustaining treatments among patients who die after major elective surgery
- End-of-life care intensity for physicians, lawyers, and the general public
Recent New York Times articles on dying at home:
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/health/death-hospitals-home.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/well/live/is-dying-at-home-overrated.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/06/opinion/sunday/hospice-good-death.html
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