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Fleece Pajama Bottoms 2019

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I can't pinpoint the moment exactly, but several years ago I began to notice that many of our ER patients were presenting for treatment wearing nice fluffy fleece bottoms. For the older patients, it seemed like the characters from the adult-cartoons The Simpsons and The Family Guy were a big hit. Little Pony is my favorite!"

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It's Not About The Pus

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Suddenly, my job as an ER physician was boring. Not only Emma, but soon my friends and family were asking if I did "the stuff that Dr. Pimple Popper does." I know there are many more invasive procedures we perform in the ER that could be considered similar, but I couldn't think of them quickly enough. Eewww, gross," Emma said.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. I’m very proud of the work that we do every day and we take care of patients and families no matter where they live or who they are to help them meet their end of life goals. How do we make this work for patients and families?

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

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Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. But w e’re going to do it a little different today. Eric 00:18 Throwing us off.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

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Alex: In 2019 … You wrote two viewpoints about AI recently in JAMA, relatively recently. I guess, 2019, and then, one again about last month or so. At the Mayo clinic, for example, they’ve got a very robust hospital at home program. I think, the long haul, it’s really hard to know where this goes. Eric: Yeah.

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