Anchored in Hope with Dr. Jessica Daigle

About this episode

Dr. Jessica Daigle discusses the importance of clinician presence during difficult moments in healthcare.

This episode of Difficult Conversations features Dr. Jessica Daigle, a board-certified pediatrician, NICU and pediatric hospitalist, and founder and CEO of Mom & Me, MD, joining Dr. Anthony Orsini and Liz Poret-Christ for a conversation about what families remember most in healthcare, not perfect outcomes, but how clinicians show up in the hardest moments. Jess opens with a core theme, medicine’s discomfort with silence, uncertainty, and pain, and how the pressure to “fix” everything can ...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Jessica Daigle

Topics covered

• healthcare
• pediatrics
• NICU
• family care
• clinician-patient relationships

Keywords

• silence
• uncertainty
• pain
• family memories
• healthcare outcomes

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Mom & Me, MD

Books & works: Anchored in Hope, Difficult Conversations

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