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Pomegranate Health

the Royal Australasian College of Physicians•www.racp.edu.au

Pomegranate Health is an award-winning podcast about the culture of medicine, from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. We ask how doctors make difficult clinical and ethical decisions, how doctor-patient communication can be improved, and how healthcare delivery can be made more equitable.

This is also the home of [IMJ On-Air], a podcast to accompany the RACP's Internal Medicine Journal. Interviews with authors are conducted by specialist section editors. Find out more at the website www.racp.edu.au/podcast and get in touch via the address podcast@racp.edu.au

Episodes

Ep4: Stem Cell Therapies Today

This month we're presenting a review of stem cell research and stem cell therapies from Professor John Rasko FRACP, head of the Department of Cell and Molecular Therapies at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital A self-confessed 'stem cell tragic,' Professor Rasko routinely separates the hope and hype surrounding any new medical research. In this episode, he reviews the stem cell treatments currently available in Australia and New Zealand, and a few of the many clinical trials worth wa...

Sep 28, 2015•19 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep3: Law at End-of-Life

In the final of our three-part series on end-of-life decision-making, we're integrating perspectives from the law. For dying patients, their families, and their medical staff, the majority of decisions are reached without contention. But law in this field is complex, and varies by jurisdiction. As a result, doctors may possess knowledge gaps around end-of-life care. This episode features interviews with Prof Ben White (QUT) and A/Prof Colin Gavaghan (University of Otago). Links to resources...

Aug 31, 2015•19 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep2: Cultural Humility

Treating a dying person goes beyond understanding their disease. In the second of a three-part series, we examine the importance of family and culture in end-of-life care—from the ICU to the neonatal unit. This episode features interviews with Dr Andrew Watkins FRACP and Dr Peter Saul FCICM. Production This episode was produced by Anne Fredrickson, with music from Chris Zabriskie ('I am Running with Temporary Success…'), L.J. Kruzer ('Chantiers Navals 412'), and Sounds of Tar...

Jul 27, 2015•18 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

Ep1: Recognising Death

For our first show we're starting at the end: end-of-life care and decision-making. It's a hard topic to discuss with patients, but it might be the most important conversation we're not having. This episode features interviews with Dr Amanda Walker FRACP, Dr Charlie Corke FCICM, and Dr Peter Saul FCICM. Production This episode was produced by Anne Fredrickson, with music from Podington Bear ('Into the Unknown,' 'Infant') and Rebecca Foon ('Hearts Mend&apos...

Jun 29, 2015•16 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast