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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Alex: We are in the California Medical Facility and we will ask our guest about that. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program. Michele: Yep.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

GeriPal

Have been now a care provider for people with HIV for over 40 years. And I graduated from medical school in the early 80s. So it felt like it was being part of this huge kind of change in the whole environment and the whole experience of that community. Is that what you’re seeing as a palliative care provider now or.

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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 two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

Please join me and hundreds of medical organizations in standing with AHRQ and preserving its vital contributions to the health of all Americans. ** For the past 30 years, a little-known U.S. health agency has supported and produced volumes of groundbreaking research on how to make health care safer, less wasteful, and more effective.