2018 Community Hospital Illness 
Physician's Weekly
JUNE 19, 2025
Patients with documented mental illness or substance use disorders (SUDs) continue to encounter a mixed—sometimes starkly divergent—quality of emergency department (ED) care when they present with chest pain, abdominal pain, or other non‑psychiatric complaints, according to a patient‑interview study published in Health Services Research.
The Clinical Problem Solvers
AUGUST 25, 2020
Heightened police presence in communities of color can be perceived as a threat by community members which can result in sustained increases in stress and cortisol levels. Jefferson & Hedwig Lee (2020) Illness spillovers of lethal police violence: the significance of gendered marginalization. N Engl J Med. Gilbert, Kevin A.
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GeriPal
JUNE 8, 2023
Our last podcast was with Laura Petrillo in 2018 – 5 years ago seems ancient history – though many of the points still apply today (e.g. Should we use Ozempic (if we can find it) in patients with serious illness, which often results in undesirable and profound weight loss? Goldilocks zone). Listen in to learn more!
GeriPal
MAY 19, 2022
Dr. Akhila Reddy and colleagues study looking at converting hospitalized cancer patients from IV hydromorphone to PO morphine, PO hydromorphone, or PO oxycodone. And really, the best that had ever been looked at, especially in our population and sort of a cancer serious illness population. Landmark study.
Physician's Weekly
JUNE 12, 2025
As climate change increases in certain pediatric illnesses like asthma, pediatricians have a role in caring for children, especially in vulnerable communities. In that study , researchers analyzed data from over one million participants from 0 to 19 years of age after torrential rains, floods, and landslides occurred in 2018.
GeriPal
MAY 12, 2022
Prognosis communication and the subtle ways we may communicate it without intention. Community-based palliative care networks . I mean, just such struggles around corruption in hospitals, access to opioid pain medication, and you almost had to wait until a friend of yours was in power, so you could have access, get permission.
GeriPal
MARCH 24, 2022
Then listen to these prior podcasts with Sean Morrison and Rebecca Sudore about this issue, and we recently discussed differences between Advance Care Planning and Serious Illness Communication with Juliet Jacobsen and Rachelle Bernacki. . 2018 Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on ACP. AlexSmithMD. Transcript.
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