UW Medicine palliative care clinicians discuss the importance of collaborative and empathetic care — in both the primary and specialty care settings — in helping our patients and their families find understanding and empowerment in dealing with serious illness and end-of-life situations.
Speakers include Drs. Jim Fausto, medical director of palliative care at UW Medicine, Randy Curtis, director of Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence at UW Medicine, and Rashmi Sharma, palliative care physician at UW Medical Center.
Dr. Paula Houston, director of healthcare equity at UW Medicine, provides an equity perspective. The episode also features a snippet of a palliative care training.
Listen to Episode 9 of The Transformer.