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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

Barbara: I think I got the PDI award in 2002 and I was teaching at that time adjunct at the school of social work where I had attended. And then my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was treated there. Eric: And how long ago was that? Look, I’m in a line talking about grownups here. It’s good. So proud of myself.

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

So when I got to a residency and at that point I was in residency 1999 to 2002 and we were being taught to screen everyone no matter what. If you know that there’s a group that you don’t treat even after they’re diagnosed, it causes anxiety, but you’re not causing them harms from treatment. It can be stressful.

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