Latest podcast: Palliative care: Support and treatment

In this emotionally rich episode, Emma Sutherland is joined by Dr Janet Schloss, PhD, clinical research fellow at the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine (NCNM) and a naturopathic clinician with more than two decades of experience supporting people with cancer and chronic disease. Together, they unpack the often-misunderstood concept of palliative care and its distinction from end-of-life care. 

Dr Schloss shares clinical insights into language and communication, respectful boundaries, collaborative practice, and the practitioner’s role in supporting patients and families through complex emotional, physical, and ethical terrain. The discussion explores symptom support, medication side-effect management, caregiver care, rituals for practitioner wellbeing, and the role of medicinal cannabis in improving quality of life.  

With empathy, clarity, and clinical depth, this episode offers practitioners guidance on how to hold space, work within scope, and provide meaningful care when patients are no longer curable but remain treatable.