
Palliative Care in Rural America: An Interview with Michael Fratkin
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast · Alex Smith and Eric Widera
April 25, 201731m 23s
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Show Notes
On this weeks podcast, we interview Michael D. Fratkin, a palliative care clinician and founder of ResolutionCare, a palliative care service for rural and resource poor areas in Northern California. We discuss the barriers and benefits of providing specialty level palliative care for areas that generally have no access to these services. We also discuss novel approaches, including in-home video conferencing.