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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. Alex 14:45 And is it ethical to do a placebo taper in real world clinical practice? Ethical and practical. Eric 15:32 Could do this in clinical practice. I guess those are the questions.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

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But now that at least at the University of Pennsylvania, the radiation oncology department is sort of well integrated into the cancer center here, and we have a really strong relationship with the palliative care team and even the internal medicine residents whom we give talks to. There may need to be a particular plan for that scenario.

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PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

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Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. Sach 07:50 Yeah, it’s funny to even think about it now because our palliative program has changed so much culturally in terms of how we think about managing patients with cancer and substance use disorders.

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

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We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. That could include a robust home care plan to manage his symptoms. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Ivermectin to treat cancer. Stem cell treatments.

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

And we’ll say that we will link to an article that Hope and Thaddeus and others, I think Tim Quill was on there, wrote in journal, Pain and symptom Management, I think it was. This is just because this arose organically in clinical practice as a way of balancing these underlying competing ethical issues.

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

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Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. And that was one of the reasons that was appealing to us is that the conversation guide and could be delivered by lay facilitators in partnership with the clinical practice.