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Dani Chammas

@danichammas.bsky.social
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Palliative care physician, psychiatrist, writer, mother, human.

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GeriPal Podcast @geripal.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
What is it like to prescribe Medical Aid in Dying? Drs. Carly Zapata & Dani Chammas open up about moral ambivalence, clinician grief, and the ethical "gray zones" of MAID. No easy answers — just honest ones. #medsky   Post: bit.ly/GeriPalEp404 Hosts @alexsmithmd.bsky.social | @ewidera.bsky.social
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Dani Chammas @danichammas.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Sometimes spending time in the "patient/family" role can be a humbling reminder that the way we do things (and not just what we do) can have a profound impact. Thank you JAMA IM for sharing my story... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Remembering the Way
This essay describes a physician’s experiences and memories of being on the other side of clinical care during the premature birth of her daughter.
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Eric Widera, MD @ewidera.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Don’t fear the reaper? On today’s podcast we talk about death anxiety and how to manage it (or at least live with it). #palliativecare #geriatrics #medicine #nursing #hospice geripal.org/death-anxiet...
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Death Anxiety: Dani Chammas & Keri Brenner
This week on the GeriPal Podcast, we discuss Death Anxiety, what it is, how it impacts patients and clinicians, plus more - with guests Dani Chammas & Keri Brenner.
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Dani Chammas @danichammas.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Grateful to NEJM for the opportunity to share some of my musings about our approach to communication training in medicine. nej.md/3QrbTyL
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One Size Fits … Some | NEJM
Watching a patient’s family respond adversely to the stock communication tools an intern deploys, a palliative care consultant draws on her training in psychiatry to add nuance to those tools.
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