How Palliative Care Empowers Decisions with Dr Caitlin Baran

Palliative care - the often misunderstood, under utilized, yet empowering option in medicine. Today my guest is Dr Caitlin Barron an internal medicine physician specializing in palliative care at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington and co-founder and chief medical director of EpioneMD. She also serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Palliative Medicine. Her clinical interests include palliative care in oncology and population community-based palliative care. Above all else, Dr Baran feels privileged to care for patients faced with serious illness, ideally working to help them live as well as possible. Today we discuss the confusion over palliative care, helpful questions to ask your care partner and their providers, and how palliative care can empower caregivers and their care partners. SHOW NOTES EpioneMD.com Daughterhood.org

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