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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

Violence in hospital emergency departments (EDs) has reached crisis levels. For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. The Warner Bros.

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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

Robin Wolaner, 71, a retired publisher in Sausalito, California, has been known to badger friends who delay getting recommended shots, sending them relevant medical studies. Some older people are really eager to be vaccinated. “I’m sort of hectoring,” she acknowledged.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And the classic case that we often hear of is the poor old person who got a whole lot of medical treatment they wouldn’t have wanted an ICU flog.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985. Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. And so I thought about it a while, called, and sure enough, they brought him up to the emergency room. Bill 00:53 Thank you, Alex.

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Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

FDA Law Blog

The 2016 reviews concluded that marijuana continued to meet schedule I criteria for having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S., and lacked accepted safety for use under medical supervision. 44,597 (May 21, 2024). Currently Accepted Medical Use in Treatment in the U.S.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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But for other- Diane: And it’s on the medical side. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. So if you can share this early, January 30th, 2024, you can apply as two things, as an established program like us, UCLA, UCSF, or a new program. And guess what?