Timothy Ihrig: What we can do to die well
Timothy Ihrig: İyi bir şekilde ölmek için ne yapabiliriz
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.
hakkında konuşmak istiyorum.
about the health and care
konuşmak istiyorum.
population in our country --
complex serious health issues.
sağlık problemleri ile uğraşmaktalar.
about economics as well.
konuşmak istiyorum.
should scare the hell out of you --
ödümü kopardığı gibi,
about palliative medicine:
konuşmak istiyorum.
grounded in what they value.
değer verdikleri şeylere dayanıyor.
hasta odaklı bakım,
live better and longer.
yaşamasına yardımcı oluyor.
of my very first patient.
başlamak istiyorum.
Harold, 68 years old,
bir beyefendi olan Harold
and worse and worse.
baş ağrıları vardı.
that had spread to his brain.
yayılmış olduğunu ortaya çıkardı.
to go share with Harold and his family
hastalığın seyrini ve bakım seçeneklerini
and options of care.
için gönderdi.
tek şeyi yaptım.
news is it, sonny?"
değil mi evlat?'' dedi.
and we listened and we shared.
paylaşımda bulunduk.
that has meaning to you?
bir anlamı olan şey nedir?
nedir?'' dedim.
''Balığa gitmek istiyorum.'' dedi.
and said, "I want to go fishing."
my training in my career,
that had led us to crisis,
to the American way of life today,
en büyük tehdidi olan,
this population, the most ill,
of the gross domestic product --
yüzde 15'ini, oluşturduğunu biliyoruz.
take up 15 percent of the GDP.
GSYİH'in yüzde 15'i.
over the next two decades
büyümesiyle beraber,
bu gidişle GSYİH'nin yüzde 60'ı olacak.
domestic product
yüzde 60'ı.
hizmetleriyle fazla ilgisi yok.
with health care at that point.
every thing that we value
economy and capitalism
for a minute, forget the numbers.
ve sayıları unutalım.
faydayı konuşalım.
for all these dollars we spend.
about six years ago,
spent by Medicare --
tüm harcamaları inceledi --
harcanmış.
the highest per capita expenditures
en yüksek olan bu hastalar,
pain, depression.
depresyona sahip olanlar.
daha erken veda edenler.
system on the planet.
hizmetlerine sahip ülke.
bizden sonra gelen ülkeden
country in the world.
and sub-Saharan African countries
eski doğu bloğu ülkelerinden
as far as quality and value.
daha alt sıralardayız.
every day in my practice,
var ki, eminim siz de
on your own journeys have experienced:
daha fazla kemoterapi,
more surgery, more whatever --
uygulanması,
long white-coat physicians --
uzun beyaz ceketli doktorlar,
ne olursa olsun
and pathology and surgery
yapmamız gerek.
across a continuum.
masrafları azalt.
the sickest of the sick --
nasıl iyileştirdik?
at this population differently,
at a different level, a deeper level,
bir boyuta ulaştırdık
of the human condition than my own?
"insanlık" anlayışına nasıl bağladık?
never had to go to the hospital?
sürdürmelerini sağladık.
and in 20 years is 60 percent of the GDP,
by nearly 70 percent.
based on their values,
from diagnosis through the end of life.
sonuna kadar süren bir paradigma.
sürebilir...
that started in her cervix,
kanser metastaz yaparak
that you hold sacred?"
because I can barely pedal a bicycle,
bisikleti bile zor sürüyorum.
ayının olduğunu söylüyordu.
one day at a time,"
other chapter of our life.
yaptığımız gibi.
where Richard's at day-to-day.
adım adım görüştük.
telefonda konuşuyoruz,
of end-stage lung disease.
rağmen oldukça iyi durumda.
just for the elderly,
joining us here today.
sevincini yaşıyoruz.
and I met him several years ago.
birkaç yıl önce tanıştık.
metastatic testicular cancer,
kanseriyle
from a bone marrow transplant,
haftası kalmıştı.
understand -- what is cancer?"
yardım edin.'' dediler.
what we're dealing with?
without empowering somebody
anlamalarını sağlamadan
in who they are as human beings
sürece dahil etmeden
any kind of thing to you.
olarak size her şeyi yapabiliriz.
yetinmeyin.
to palliative care these days
tüm veriler
people live better and live longer.
yaşadığını gösteriyor.
out of the New England Journal of Medicine
Medicine'in yayımladığı
by friends of mine, colleagues.
yaptığı bir çalışma.
reported less pain,
daha az acı, daha az
ilacı olsaydı,
would write a prescription for it.
bu ilacı hastalarına yazardı.
long white-coat physicians
doktorlar
of dealing with this,
all come to at some point.
geleceği yer burası.
is not about dying,
ölümle ilgili değil,
the chapters of our lives,
ister sonuncusu
needs to happen today --
yapılması gerekiyor --
yıl değil.
and our grandchildren.
torunlarımızın hayatları.
and everything we see.
ve gördüğümüz her şeyde.
to engage with human beings,
bağlamanın,
that we will all face,
daha iyisi ile
shout and we demand
garanti altına alalım.
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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