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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. Thus, the decline in endoscopic care (including flexible sigmoidoscopy) by family physicians in both urban and rural areas is cause for concern.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

So we had myself and other board certified surgeons from different specialties go through this very large list and then come up with whether or not we thought it was really causally related to mortality generally. We’re available, palliative care. And that really created an opportunity to study this. Alex: Mm-hmm.