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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. And then the process of having a guardian and then trying to have that guardian ultimately removed is a difficult one for a patient who’s seriously ill.

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

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Times , The BMJ , and Annals of Internal Medicine. . Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. ” And I thankfully haven’t had anybody decline an appointment or something that I knew of because I did this. Nathan: I do.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. So we’re going to be today talking about serious illness palliative care in the homelessness population. I’ll just throw out there people with serious illness experiencing homelessness.