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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Establishing a Task Force to Reassess the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases. Comparison of cross-sectional renal function measurements in African Americans with hypertensive nephrosclerosis and of primary formulas to estimate glomerular filtration rate [published correction appears in Am J Kidney Dis 2002 Feb;39(2):444].

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

GeriPal

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. And I think that’s when I got hooked on how do we improve care, in my case again, for kids and families, but also for us, the providers. I can figure out how to provide care in this way.

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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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