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

GeriPal

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us.

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

GeriPal

There was some at the time, which was 2006 so also, it’s been a while since the guidance has been updated and other guidance for other viral infections like hepatitis B and C. I mean, treatment is really best done in a chronic or continuity setting, whether it’s in a primary care setting or some other.