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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

One example that is presented involves the complicated relationship between the United States and Chinese immigrants and farmworkers in California. Building Bridges Between Evidence and Policy in Mental Health Services Research: Introducing the Policy Review Article Type. Horvitz-Lennon, M., Balasuriya, L., Jorgensen, S.,

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. And then in 2018, when adult use was allowed in California, I think it gave people more permission, but the stigma is still there. Eric 45:00 And then mental health disorders, schizophrenia, like, how do you think about that? Eloise 45:05 I definitely worry about.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

William: So ASCO decided to make a high priority this year to redo the guidelines, which were originally released in 2018. So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health. So we tend to talk in terms of a geriatric assessment, the key domains. So John, Mazie, did I miss any?

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. And I think the advanced planning debate is really a question of, how do we help this very complicated situation? So if you are sick, I really encourage you, just take the time off. We see how hard it is.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. Isn’t it weird that now we’re labeling the majority of doctors with burnout in 2018? I think it’s a label that people turn to because of mental health stigma. I give you Dr. Pamela Wible.

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