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Living with and studying serious illness: Podcast with Randy Curtis

Randy Curtis, a paragon of palliative care research, was diagnosed with ALS in March.

Randy is in a unique position as someone who studies and cares for people living with serious illness, who now shares his reflections on being on the other side, to reflect on the process of living with serious illness. His reflections are illuminating and inspiring.

We talk with Randy about his experience being in the patient role, rather than the physician or researcher role. We ask if knowing the prognosis for his subtype of ALS is helpful to him, and if he's seeing a palliative care clinician. We talk…

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