The Essence of Our Patients: Helping Them Define Their Story
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of understanding patients' stories beyond just data in palliative care.
Doctors are often trained to focus on the data. Data makes for a strong foundation, but it’s only the first floor. To truly care for a patient, we must look beyond the data—building off of their character, values, history, and goals. As palliative nurse practitioner Barbara Opperwall said, “The story of the patient is their data with a soul.” In this episode, Dr. John Mulder and Dr. Jason Beckrow discuss relational medicine, intensive caring, and empowering patients through understanding thei...
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Hosts: Dr. John Mulder, Dr. Jason Beckrow
Topics covered
- relational medicine
- palliative care
- patient empowerment
- character and values
- intensive caring
Keywords
- palliative care
- relational medicine
- patient stories
- data with a soul
- intensive caring
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