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35. Life, Death, and Medicine
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:30:03
Publish Date: 2020-12-28 09:00:00
Description:

Christiaan Maurer MD, was in his mid 40s when diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme -- terminal brain cancer. In this episode, he and Rob discuss: what terminal illness taught him about time, what people with cancer do and don’t need, preparing your family for a future without you, the most/least admirable traits in physicians, and the secret of life. 

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We discuss:

  • The life-threatening diagnosis that helped Christiaan gain wisdom about life, death, and the practice of medicine [02:30];
  • The right and wrong things to say to someone with a terminal illness [06:33];
  • The fact that people with cancer often don’t call when they need help [08:00];
  • What people with cancer need and don’t need [08:45];
  • How Christiaan reacted, emotionally, to his diagnosis [11:00];
  • Preparing your family for the reality of your future. And their future without you [13:20];
  • A hospitalist’s advice for emergency physicians [17:55];
  • Qualities that make a “strong” ED provider [22:10];
  • The least admirable traits of ED doctors [23:00];
  • The dangers of adhesive tape and advice for caregivers [24:00];
  • The Mauer’s Sign of aortic stenosis [25:55];
  • Christiaan’s philosophy of medicine and message to the medical community [27:45];
  • And more.

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