Timothy Ihrig: What we can do to die well
تيموثي آيريج: ما الّذي يمكننا القيام به للموت بشكل أفضل؟
Timothy Ihrig advocates for an approach to healthcare that prioritizes a patient's personal values. Full bio
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today about health care.
عن الرعاية الصحية.
about the health and care
population in our country --
complex serious health issues.
الأكثر تعقيدا وخطرا.
about economics as well.
should scare the hell out of you --
أن يُخيفكم بشكل كبير،
about palliative medicine:
عن الرعاية التلطيفية،
grounded in what they value.
يرتكز على ما يعتبرونه قيِّما.
وترتكز على قيمهم
live better and longer.
على عيش أفضل وأطول.
of my very first patient.
مع أول مريض لي.
Harold, 68 years old,
and worse and worse.
that had spread to his brain.
وأنه قد انتشر إلى دماغه.
to go share with Harold and his family
بأن أشارك مع هارولد وعائلته
and options of care.
أعرف طريقة إنجازه.
news is it, sonny?"
and we listened and we shared.
that has meaning to you?
بالنسبة لك؟
and said, "I want to go fishing."
"أريد الذهاب الى الصيد."
my training in my career,
that had led us to crisis,
to the American way of life today,
العيش الأميركية ،
this population, the most ill,
والأكثر مرضا،
of the gross domestic product --
من الناتج المحلي الإجمالي،
15 في المئة من الناتج المحلي الإجمالي.
take up 15 percent of the GDP.
over the next two decades
من الناتج المحلي الإجمالي.
domestic product
with health care at that point.
بالرعاية الصحية في تلك المرحلة،
every thing that we value
economy and capitalism
اقتصاد السوق الحر ورأسمالية
for a minute, forget the numbers.
وننسى الأرقام.
for all these dollars we spend.
مقابل كل هذه الدولارات التي ننفقها.
about six years ago,
قبل حوالي ست سنوات،
spent by Medicare --
الرعاية الطبية
the highest per capita expenditures
أعلى معدل لنفقات الفرد
pain, depression.
والألم والاكتئاب.
system on the planet.
للرعاية الصحية على هذا الكوكب.
country in the world.
and sub-Saharan African countries
الأفريقية الواقعة جنوب الصحراء الكبرى
as far as quality and value.
every day in my practice,
on your own journeys have experienced:
قد عايشه في مسيرته الخاصة :
من الاختبارات،
more surgery, more whatever --
من العمليات الجراحية، والمزيد من لا شيء،
long white-coat physicians --
- الأطباء ذوو المعاطف البيضاء الطويلة -
and pathology and surgery
وعلم الأمراض والجراحة
across a continuum.
the sickest of the sick --
at this population differently,
بشكل مختلف،
at a different level, a deeper level,
على مستوى أكثر عمقا،
of the human condition than my own?
من حالتنا الخاصة؟
never had to go to the hospital?
لم يكن عليهم الذهاب الى المستشفى؟
هذا العدد اليوم 2.3 تريليون دولار
and in 20 years is 60 percent of the GDP,
من الناتج المحلي الإجمالي
by nearly 70 percent.
بحوالي 70 في المئة.
based on their values,
بناءً على قيمهم،
from diagnosis through the end of life.
حتى نهاية الحياة.
that started in her cervix,
في عنق رحمها،
ولا تزال على قيد الحياة.
that you hold sacred?"
because I can barely pedal a bicycle,
بالكاد أستطيع قيادة دراجة هوائية،
والذي كان يخبره
إلا أسابيع أو شهور
one day at a time,"
"حسنا، دعنا نأخذ كل يوم على حِدَةٍ"
other chapter of our life.
where Richard's at day-to-day.
يوما بعد يوم.
of end-stage lung disease.
المرحلة النهائية لمرض الرئة.
just for the elderly,
لا يقتصرعلى كبار السن فقط،
منتصف العمر فقط.
joining us here today.
and I met him several years ago.
وكنت قد التقيت به منذ عدة سنوات.
metastatic testicular cancer,
from a bone marrow transplant,
من عملية زرع نخاع العظم،
understand -- what is cancer?"
"ساعدنا لكي نفهم - ما هو السرطان؟ "
what we're dealing with?
without empowering somebody
in who they are as human beings
وإشراكه باعتباره بشرًا
ما يجب علينا فعله؟
any kind of thing to you.
أي شيء من أي نوع.
to palliative care these days
في هذه الأيام
people live better and live longer.
ويعيشون حياة أطول.
out of the New England Journal of Medicine
"نيو انغلاند جورنال اوف ميديسين"
by friends of mine, colleagues.
من قبل أصدقاء لي ، زملاء.
reported less pain,
عن ألم أقل،
إلى ستة أشهر.
would write a prescription for it.
سيكتب وصفة طبية له.
long white-coat physicians
المعاطف الطويلة البيضاء
of dealing with this,
all come to at some point.
في مرحلة ما.
is not about dying,
the chapters of our lives,
needs to happen today --
and our grandchildren.
and everything we see.
to engage with human beings,
that we will all face,
shout and we demand
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Timothy Ihrig - Palliative care physicianTimothy Ihrig advocates for an approach to healthcare that prioritizes a patient's personal values.
Why you should listen
Dr. Timothy Ihrig, MD practices palliative medicine, caring for the most vulnerable and sickest people, and helps other providers improve the quality and value of the care they provide to this population. His work has shown how patient-centered care improves quality and length of life, and that it has significant economic benefits to patients, healthcare systems and the economy.
Ihrig is nationally recognized for his expertise in continuum population health and community-based palliative care. He holds appointments as content expert to the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, an industry-leading healthcare innovation collaborative co-chaired by former Health and Human Services Secretary and Utah Governor Mike Leavitt and former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan. Ihrig is a member of the Advisory Council of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative, a think-tank for strategies in health care quality, safety and value for the state of Iowa. He also serves as an Iowa Alternate-Delegate to the American Medical Association.
Ihrig has been an expert source for palliative care development for the Brookings Institution, and he was the sole practicing physician assisting the Iowa General Assembly in raising minimum standard requirements for Iowa physicians with respect to end-of-life care and oversight of prescriptive narcotics. He also acted as an expert clinician in support of Iowa Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment bill. He holds appointments as Clinical Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Iowa Carver School of Medicine and acts as Palliative Care clinical instructor. He is on the board of the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Iowa, is the former chair of the Advocacy Committee and sits on the Palliative Care Advisory Committee.
Ihrig's other interests include sexuality at the end of life and global health. He served as the Medical Chair of the Health Services Committee for Empower Tanzania Incorporated, whose mission is the development of sustainable healthcare solutions in sub-Saharan Africa for individuals suffering with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-limited illnesses.
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