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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. So initially hospice grew as a non-profit, charity based, community based organization. Reading Ira’s article, it essentially was the VITAS Medical Director job description. I’m excited.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

“He has no record in the scientific community of doing valid work,” said Dr. Walter Orenstein , a former CDC immunization director. It led to revocation of the elder Geier’s medical license and disciplinary action for David Geier for practicing medicine without a license. The final findings were published in 2003.

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Marijuana: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling, Rescheduling or Not

FDA Law Blog

Not surprisingly, then-presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, DEA Administrator from 2001 to 2003, did not sign the letter. The former officials implore following the science demonstrating marijuana’s high addictive potential, its lack of accepted medical use, and the rescheduling impact on prosecuting drug trafficking organizations.

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