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Preparing Caregivers For Difficult Conversations About Death

Posted on July 26, 2019 · An upcoming event offers advice for medical professionals and interpreters who serve dying patients and their families.

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Should Medical Professionals Get More Training in Discussing End-of-Life Issues with Patients?

Posted on August 26, 2015 · Conversations surrounding end-of-life care aren't easy — even for health care professionals who work closely with terminally ill patients. We discuss how Houston’s doctors and nurses handle such conversations and interpret their mandate to “do no harm” when efforts to extend a patient’s life may conflict directly with the quality of that life. We also […]

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Ramp connecting 59 with 610 set to close for two years, and a farewell to Andrés Orozco-Estrada (April 29, 2022)

Posted on April 29, 2022 · On Friday's show: A major highway closure begins this weekend, we find out who the Texans selected in the NFL Draft, we learn what "agrihoods" are, we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week, and Andrés Orozco-Estrada talks about his tenure with the Houston Symphony ahead of his final concert.

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Banning vaping and e-cigarettes in public, and the week in politics (March 30, 2022)

Posted on March 30, 2022 · On Wednesday's show: City council considers banning vaping and smoking e-cigarettes in public, we discuss the week in politics, we learn why most Americans aren't getting the end-of-life care they need, and we talk with filmmaker Ti West.

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The Bigger Picture: The trials of adolescence in ‘Turning Red’

Posted on March 24, 2022 · A local mother and a family psychologist discuss how the new Disney/Pixar film depicts the challenges of adolescence.

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The Bigger Picture: What fictional disasters on film can teach a disaster-prone Houston

Posted on February 24, 2022 · Our city has had more than its share of natural disasters in recent years. But, unlike recent disaster films such as Moonfall and Don't Look up, no A-list celebrities came to save us. But is there anything these very fictional disasters can teach a city like Houston that's prone to very real -- and very destructive -- ones?

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Houston Matters

Preparing Caregivers For Difficult Conversations About Death

Houston Matters

Should Medical Professionals Get More Training in Discussing End-of-Life Issues with Patients?

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