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More Than a Diagnosis: Humanizing Patients in Critical Care
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What happens when a patient becomes “the GI bleed in 12” instead of a person?
In this deeply reflective episode of Banter at the Bedside, Abby and Kaleigh are joined by Dr. Armando (ICU + nephrology) and Amanda, a CICU nurse of nearly 20 years, to explore what it really means to humanize patients in critical care.
From micro-communications and bedside manners to burnout, shame in medical training, and the ethical tension between biological survival and personhood, this conversation dives into the hard truths of modern healthcare.
We discuss:
How ICU culture can…
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