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Jul 8
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Palliative Care: Procedures and GOC Conv...

Ready, Set, GYO: An educational gynecologic oncology podcast
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This is the second of three episodes on palliative care and end of life.  In this episode, we discuss procedural options for symptom management, the concept of advance care planning, and conversational frameworks for goals of care discussions.

 

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Ready, Set, GYO is an educational podcast produced by Maya Gross and Sydney Oesch; views expressed in this podcast are the authors’ own.

 

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