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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite a joint recommendation in 2003 by the AAMC and CDC that bioterrorism and mass-casualty training be included in the medical school curriculum, few medical schools have incorporated formal disaster training. We aim to highlight educational gaps for future pandemic preparedness.

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Influential women in the history of medicine

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

She was raised in a forward-thinking, socially active family. This important work observed that there was a relationship between radioactivity and the heavy elements of the periodic table, and led to much advancement in medicine. This was fundamental in ensuring life-saving blood transfusions were safe and effective.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

And in 2003, I formed Pallium India with several colleagues with the national agenda, because still then the growth was mostly conveyed to Kerala and a couple of metropolitan cities. And I’ll share that my own relationship with my father, who was a doctor, was a complicated one. Tom: I have another question about the book.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

Yes, it means to cloak, but theres more Whole-person-care Total pain Healing as a process distinct from the deterioration of the body Sympomatologists The patient and family as the unit of care Our guests referenced many articles on this podcast, linked above and below. I loved the relationship that we developed and the fun we had.

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