Season 3 Episode 4- Thanatology
On today’s episode of The PQI Podcast we welcome Robert S. Mancini, PharmD, BCOP. He is currently serving as the BMT Pharmacy Program Coordinator and PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency Director at St. Luke’s Cancer Institute in Boise, ID. Dr. Mancini also serves as clinical oncology faculty at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy where he coordinates the oncology module and has started a Special Topics in Oncology elective course.
He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Diego and went on to complete a PGY1 residency at St. Luke’s Health System and PGY2 at St. Luke’s Cancer Institute. Dr. Mancini was instrumental in the establishment and development of St. Luke’s Oral Chemotherapy Program, Supportive Care Clinics and Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplant Program with numerous publications and presentations within these areas of practice.
Today we discuss thanatology, the science of death and dying, and how it impacts our oncology teams. The recommended subject matter books that Dr. Mancini mentions on the podcast can be found here.