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

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Moreover, center patients not only in discussions about individual decision-making but in constructing and drawing meaning from the research. All If you are interested in health equity, recognize that there is a breadth of research established in the fields of health equity, disparities, and structural racism. Am J Kidney Dis.

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Sex-Based Differences in Perceived Physician Communication

Physician's Weekly

These included how well physicians demonstrated respect, listened to individuals, explained information, and spent enough time with them. Similarly, listening was rated lower (β = −0.286, 95% CI = −0.391 to −0.181, P = 0.001), as were explanations provided by clinicians (β = −0.133, 95% CI = −0.267 to −0.000, P = 0.050).

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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

The proximity to campus health clinics may also afford college students greater accessibility to healthcare providers for prescription medications such as stimulants which could end up being misused. Besides the risks to an individual, there are also population-level harms from normalizing certain harmful behaviors (e.g., J Addict Dis.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

In 2002, 1% of adults were taking gabapentinoids (gabapentin and or pregabalin). Eric: Any other interesting tidbits or facts that we should know as providers about gabapentin or Lyrica dosing or pharmacology? Summary Transcript Summary Gabapentin is the 10th most prescribed drug in the United States and use is increasing.

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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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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Eric: And at that time, so around 2002, so you had palliative care kind of localized in particular parts of India, what were the big barriers to delivering palliative care outside of those areas or even inside those areas?

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Ding Dong is the Skinny Label (Effectively) Dead?

FDA Law Blog

Though the carve-out seems at odds with FDA’s regulations requiring generic drugs to have the “same labeling” as their RLDs, such regulations specifically provide for differences arising from carved-out, patent-protected method of use. The catch is, as we have learned from the GSK v.

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