"All care provided to patients with ESLD is palliative until transplant..." The challenge is when should specialty palliative care be initiated? A challenge recognized by hepatologists and #hapc providers alike. #greatlakespalliative21 #hpm Palliative Care Program MCW Medical College of Wisconsin

How often have you used, or read, these words when discussing prognosis? What do they truly mean to patients and families? A graphic representation from Nathan Gray MD, FACP #greatlakespalliative21 #hpm #hapc Palliative Care Program MCW Duke Palliative Care

Thanks to all who attended our 9th Annual Great Lakes Palliative Care (Virtual) Conference! Special thanks to our plenary speakers Sallie Tisdale Ronit Elk, PhD, FAAHPM. @RoneetE Mary Lynn McPherson Nathan Gray MD, FACP who made it a fantastic conference! #greatlakespalliative21 #hpm #hapc Palliative Care Program MCW Medical College of Wisconsin

#StanDOM's Shireen Heidari, MD is named the new #Hospice & #PalliativeMedicine Fellowship director. We offer our congratulations to Shireen & our thanks to VJ Periyakoil (VJ Periyakoil, MD (@palliator)) who helped develop the current program.

Or as I tell rotators - you can be stably dead

Kicking off the 10th Annual Great Lakes Palliative Care conference with a communication session with a workshop on communication and another on palliative emergencies - so great to be back in person! #greatlakespalliative22

“Yes, but…” how midwesterners say no. @TobyCampbellMD #greatlakespalliative22

When communicating with patients and families, make sure you’re talking to the right organ - the head vs the heart. @TobyCampbellMD #greatlakespalliative22

🤔 “I think of emotion like pus under pressure…” @TobyCampbellMD #greatlakespalliative22

Starting our day with a plenary from Jessica Zitter, MD - so grateful she joined us for the 10th Annual Great Lakes Palliative Care Conference to speak about the crisis of caregiving for patients at end-of-life #hapc #greatlakespalliative22

Caregivers at end-of-life - in addition to be spouses and children, they have to be nurses, pharmacists, nutritionists and housekeepers - 60% perform technical tasks Jessica Zitter, MD #hapc #greatlakespalliative22

1 in 4 caregivers report a negative health impact of providing care to loved ones at end-of-life #hapc #greatlakespalliative22

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Interested in more great talks? Want to visit balmy WI? Join us for the Great Lakes PC Conf May 4-5 ocpe.mcw.edu/11thGreatLakes… #hapc #hapc23

Happy Birthday to Us! The Medical College of Wisconsin's Palliative Care Program is 30 years old today! Keep on palliating, friends! #palliativecare #hpm #mcw Wendy Peltier Katie Recka Alex Bear Adrienne Klement, MD Paul S @drosielle Jen Turpen DO, MA Jordan Bauman Karrie Lu

Significant ethical point from today's #greatlakespalliative23 workshop clinical ethicist: Losing capacity does not mean losing autonomy... Consider whether the patient has 'capacity for preferences' Great approach to include non-decisional patients in GOC discussions. #hapc