Doctors are acculturated and socialized to maintain life. Sometimes at all costs, even the human costs of suffering. The relatively new field of palliative care looks for the way that medicine can embrace and relieve the tension of seeking to preserve life while embracing life’s temporality. Dr. Sunita Puri explores the issues with exquisite elegance and hum ... Show More
May 2024
The Emotional Legacy of the Holocaust with Judy Batalion
In this episode of Just the Right Book, Judy Batalion joins Roxanne to discuss her book, The Light of Days, out now from William Morrow & Company.
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56m 33s
Aug 2024
What Does Conscience Have to Do with Healthcare? | Dr. Farr Curlin
Dr. Farr Curlin explores the debate over medical practitioners refusing patients' requests for morally contested interventions, comparing two conflicting models of medical practice. He critiques the "provider of services" model, which prioritizes patient autonomy and well-being, ... Show More
42m 1s
Jul 2022
EP #1108: What's Your Dosha and Why It Matters To You Health & Is a Great Way to Boost Self-Care
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2417368/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p>Lisa is joined by Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary, MD, is a neurologist, neuroscientist and an internationally recognized expert in the ancient practice of Ayurvedic medicine ... Show More
50m 48s
Jun 2024
Atul Gawande — On Mortality and Meaning
We are strange creatures. It is hard for us to speak about, or let in, the reality of frailty and death — the elemental fact of mortality itself. In this century, western medicine has gradually moved away from its understanding of death as a failure — where care stops with a term ... Show More
1h 2m
May 2024
317: Why Metabolic Dysfunction is Ruining Our Health and What to Do About It with Stanford MD, Dr. Casey Means
<p>Casey Means, MD, is a Stanford-trained physician and co-founder of Levels, a health technology company that aims to reverse the world’s metabolic health crisis. She received her BA with honors and MD from Stanford, was President of her Stanford class, and has served on Stanfor ... Show More
1h 8m