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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. The patient case. I think the theme is more saving someone’s life and the regret that follows.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

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Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. After doing her MD PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the genetic diagnosis of kidney disease, she started her residency training with the long term goal of being a physician scientist caring for patients with rare genetic disorders. Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

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

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We discuss, among other things: Findings that in several studies AI was rated by patients as more empathetic than human clinicians (not less, that isn’t a typo). The experience of both patients and clinicians isn’t very good. And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? Quality isn’t very good.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

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