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

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So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

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And so this is our way of supporting non English speaking families in advanced care planning. And I have a long interest in identifying family caregivers and supporting them in care delivery. And so this was really, in my view, a perfect window for reinforcing the role of family in primary care. Eric 02:32 Great, Alex.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

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2018 Nov;142(5):e20181009. Epub 2018 Oct 8. Family history of febrile seizures. And let’s be honest, the term simple sort of undersells how scary this is for families. This is an important thing that we talk to families about. Acetaminophen and Febrile Seizure Recurrences During the Same Fever Episode.

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