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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. We’re going to be talking about the American Geriatric Society position statement on making medical treatment decisions.

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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. About us – Dignity in Care. Research Team – Dignity in Care. Other links: Curiosity by Faith Fitgerald. SPONSOR: . Oh my gosh.

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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. And then we also have another Vas, many of the interviews are done by medical students or other healthcare trainees as part of their clinical rotation at the VA. Oh my gosh.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

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Well, Haider has an intimate relationship with pain, having experienced chronic pain himself and now having dove deep into the latest research on pain for his new book The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain. . I thought I couldn’t finish medical school. And I was an internal medicine resident.