Biomedical Odyssey

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Movie Review of “End Game”

April 1, 2019

Guest post by medical student Barry Bryant. The original article can be found on Closler.org. “End Game” is an Oscar-nominated short documentary directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. The film takes place at the University of California at San Francisco and incorporates the Zen Hospice Project. The overarching theme of the film is working […]

biomedicalodyssey ⋅ Perspectives in Research death, medical school, Palliative Care ⋅

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Discovering Medicine Through Filmmaking

February 21, 2017

The power of photons is amazing. In fact, every day, photons are trapped with sensors and converted to matrices of millions of numbers. By rearranging these matrices and converting them to electrical outputs and, eventually, back to new photons for our eyes to see, these photons can trigger powerful emotions in us—anger, laughter, happiness, even […]

Pranjal Gupta ⋅ A Day in the Life Palliative Care ⋅

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Seeing Clearer but Not Farther: Disease Through the Eyes of a Young Medical Student

November 29, 2016

The day after my cardiology exam, my grandfather had a heart attack. Heart attack — what a terrifying phrase. The heart transcends normal anatomical description. It is the seat of love, the essence of a person. And my grandfather’s was attacked. When I first learned the news, the Hollywood portrayal of a heart attack flashed […]

Carson Woodbury ⋅ A Day in the Life heart failure, Palliative Care ⋅

End-of-Life Discussion: An Integral Component of Patient Care

September 14, 2015

Next year, Medicare plans to begin reimbursing doctors for end-of-life discussions. This development highlights the vital role doctors play in these discussions and the importance of determining patients’ wishes before illness prevents them from speaking for themselves.  This change in billing is important not because of the money itself, but because it puts end-of-life discussions […]

Arielle Medford ⋅ Perspectives in Research End-of-Life, Medicare, Medicare Billing, Palliative Care ⋅

Research Addresses Different Needs for Critically, Terminally Ill

July 6, 2015

Before I came to medical school, I had a very simple understanding of the components of patient care. In my mind, all patients had the same basic needs, which physicians provided along the road to cure. After four years, I now realize patient populations are incredibly diverse and far more complex than I could have […]

Arielle Medford ⋅ Perspectives in Research Critically Ill, Diagnoses, Palliative Care, Patient Care, Patients, Research, Research Trial, Terminally Ill, Underfeeding ⋅

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