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Biased research, aggressive sales, harmful drugs

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Image courtesy of scienceblogs.com The original impetus for the development of the anemia drugs Epogen, Procrit, and Aranesp, which mimic the actions of the hormone erythropoietin, was to spare dialysis patients with severe anemia the inconvenience and risks associated with periodic blood transfusions. Could the FDA and other U.S.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

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We talk with Susan about how far the field has come, from early days when the attending physician would decide which patients were DNR and place a black “no code” dot in the chart. – Serious Illness Conversation Guide podcast. There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this. AlexSmithMD .

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. A huge part of this decision rests on (1) her previously stated wishes, values, and goals (prior to the onset of dementia); and (2) the outcomes of surgery for patients with dementia. Summary Transcript Summary. She falls and breaks her hip.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Alex: Okay.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

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Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah

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Eric 04:44 Could just make you a little bit more resilient, you can increase your Rvus so you can see more patients. I’ve known you since we did PSAP together, I think, back in 2007 ish. It’s really not about helping the patient or physician. If you were just. If you could make it, if we. You said, how was Kai doing?

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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

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I think part of this does stem from a clinical experience and also some of the theoretical models that have evolved around serious illness, you know, to think specifically about dementia. And then when you see clinically patients coming into hospital, they’ll have, you know, they’ll be admitted for aspiration pneumonia.

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