69: Palliative Care - There is Always Something You Can Provide

Published: March 19, 2014, 6:18 a.m.

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In today\\u2019s episode, Ryan and Allison talk about end-of-life care, which can affect everybody in medicine, whichever point of the medical career path you\\u2019re in, especially as a resident and a practicing physician wherein you will be encountering patients who are moving forward or at their end-of-life that involves a lot of medical care that really needs to be addressed.

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New England Journal of Medicine 2010 article:\\xa0Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non\\u2013Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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