Posts by Joanna Paladino, MD
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Factors Identified That Support, Impede Improvement in Serious Illness Conversations
Joanna Paladino, MD, and team found "clinical culture" can inhibit serious illness conversations, including beliefs that such conversations are about dying or withdrawing care, attitudes that serious illness communication is only the physician's job, discomfort with managing emotions, and lack of routine processes.
Biography
Joanna Paladino, MD, is a physician–investigator in the Center for Aging and Serious Illness at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Geriatrics & Palliative Care
The Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital offers a wide range of clinical expertise including inpatient services, outpatient programs and home based programs.