EP #447 - 3.3.2022 - Physicians and Patients in the Pandemic

2022-03-04

Today I welcome physicians Carla Keirns and Emily Hansen to discuss their lives on the front lines of medicine in the pandemic. Dr. Carla Keirns is assistant professor of Medical Ethics and Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas. She has published in the history, sociology and ethics of medicine, and has been treating patients the past year through the COVID-19 pandemic, both those with COVID and whose care looks very different because of it. Dr. Emily...

Today I welcome physicians Carla Keirns and Emily Hansen to discuss their lives on the front lines of medicine in the pandemic.

Dr. Carla Keirns is assistant professor of Medical Ethics and Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas. She has published in the history, sociology and ethics of medicine, and has been treating patients the past year through the COVID-19 pandemic, both those with COVID and whose care looks very different because of it.

Dr. Emily Hansen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the Palliative Medicine Division. She received her medical degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. Further training included completing her Family Medicine residency at Research Medical Center and Palliative Medicine fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Her interests include LGBTQ+ disparities in healthcare, art therapy, educational development, and teaching in the setting of palliative medicine.

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