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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? Why not use the older term unbefriended?

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

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Eric’s blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011. This episode of the GeriPal Podcast is sponsored by UCSF’s Division of Palliative Medicine , an amazing group doing world class palliative care. You would love this because in that story that was in that patient CHR was a particular song that had meant a lot to this individual.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

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Tell me how your illness has impacted your relationships with others, your healthcare team, your family, friends, your beliefs, your values, your preferences. You would love this because in that story that was in that patient CHR was a particular song that had meant a lot to this individual. Tell me about your illness.

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