Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Welcome to the first of a six-part series focused on the integration of palliative care into the practice of surgery.  Dr. Geoffrey Dunn defines Surgical Palliative Care as “the treatment of suffering and the promotion of quality of life for seriously ill or terminally ill patients under surgical care.”  He has proposed that the Family Meeting is like a surgical procedure in which we “Prepare, Do and Close.”  Using the case of a geriatric trauma patient in multi-system organ failure, in this episode we discuss how to run a family meeting, how to discuss code status and how to discuss goals of care. Family Meeting: Fast Fact #16:  Moderating the Family Meeting https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/moderating-an-end-of-life-family-conference/ Fast Fact #222:  The Family Meeting Part 1- Preparing https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/the-family-meeting-part-1-preparing/ Fast Fact #223: The Family Meeting Part 2- Starting the Conversation https://www.mypcnow.org/fast-fact/the-family-meeting-part-2-starting-the-conve