Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My guest Dr. Jared Rubenstein is a pediatric palliative care doctor and medical educator. He uses metaphor, animation, and satire to help people get comfortable with challenging topics. He is the program director for the Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. He discusses his passion for teaching all healthcare workers how to incorporate palliative care into their work and improving the acceptance of palliative care for both the public and the medical system, using animated videos. Learn more at his website and watch his videos on YouTube:
jaredrubensteinmd.com
Check out his YouTube Channel
In this episode:
-How his childhood paved the way for his current work
-How he uses animated videos to teach about palliative care
-Why we need to change the public image of palliative care and the healthcare system at the same time
-How to talk to doctors who resist palliative care referrals
-How both palliative care and hospice are underutilized because of late referrals
-The need for short pitches to share information about palliative care in various situations (including cocktail parties!)
-Why palliative care is now truly the standard of care
-The need to change the toxic culture of overwork in medicine
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My guest Dr. Jared Rubenstein is a pediatric palliative care doctor and medical educator. He uses metaphor, animation, and satire to help people get comfortable with challenging topics. He is the program director for the Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship. He discusses his passion for teaching all healthcare workers how to incorporate palliative care into their work and improving the acceptance of palliative care for both the public and the medical system, using animated videos. Learn more at his website and watch his videos on YouTube:
jaredrubensteinmd.com
Check out his YouTube Channel
In this episode:
-How his childhood paved the way for his current work
-How he uses animated videos to teach about palliative care
-Why we need to change the public image of palliative care and the healthcare system at the same time
-How to talk to doctors who resist palliative care referrals
-How both palliative care and hospice are underutilized because of late referrals
-The need for short pitches to share information about palliative care in various situations (including cocktail parties!)
-Why palliative care is now truly the standard of care
-The need to change the toxic culture of overwork in medicine
🍃 Subscribe to my email list: eepurl.com/ExfLL
🍂 Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop: bookshop.org/lists/books-by-karen-wyatt-md and Indiebound:
7 Lessons for Living from the Dying : indiebound.org/book/9781786783110
The Journey from Ego to Soul: indiebound.org/book/9780982685563
🍃 Subscribe to this podcast on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/end-of-life-university/id1033282990
Google: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9sZXNzb25zZnJvbWR5aW5nLndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20vZmVlZC8
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7bdr4odBlaaDy8NoJhcFsL
iHeart Radio: iheart.com/podcast/256-end-of-life-university-31099550
Stitcher Radio: stitcher.com/show/endoflife-university
🍂 Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past: eolupodcast.com/series
🍃 Join the team at my Patreon page patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
🍂 Intro Music Credit:
"Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
