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Episode 28: PawdiPal

PediPal

English - August 01, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 27: Competent
Next Episode: Episode 29: Magic?

Interdisciplinary teams are so vital to the practice of palliative care, and in today's episode, the PediPal team explores a new kind of team member: What has four paws, has mastered the art of being present, and is guaranteed to increase the popularity of your palliative care team? A therapy dog!

Join Sarah and Dan as they hear two tales of wagging tails who are dedicated members of Peds Palliative teams in British Columbia (Gaia) and Michigan (Fawn). We hear mostly from the humans who work closely with them, but if you listen extra carefully, you can almost hear the empathetic panting in the background...

P.S. Pictures are worth a thousand "awws," so we strongly suggest you click on those bio links above as you listen.