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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. Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. Alex 14:45 And is it ethical to do a placebo taper in real world clinical practice? Ethical and practical. Go ahead, Connie.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

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Eric: And swallowing is complicated, right? But again, most of my clinical practice, until recent years, has been in the acute care setting. We have patients who are acutely ill, pulmonary consequences can be really, really serious for a lot of our hospitalized patients. Eric: Because you need saliva to swallow, right?

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

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FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. Two of our guests today, Stacy Fischer and Brian Anderson, are involved in large multicenter trials of psychedelics for patients with advanced cancer (Fischer) or life-limiting illness (Anderson). Eric: Yeah.

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Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov

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Fox gives patients hope there may be a place that illness doesn’t touch Depression is a Liar Why is Being a Patient Such a Difficult Pill to Swallow Better Patient Care Calls for a ‘Platinum Rule’ to Replace the Golden One. Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. So there are three primary domains.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

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Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy! Respectful disagreement is in short supply these days. OK, I’ll step off my soap box. AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

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Complicated grief? I’m not sure if you read that article and whether or not it’s changed your mind or whether or not you want to do any more research in advance care planning. And as you know, it’s a great article. Did the caregiver feel heard and understood? Did they have PTSD? Depression? Your thoughts?

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

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Eric 01:13 So we got a lot to cover today on sexuality, sexual health and serious illness. So we got a lot to cover on sexuality, sexual health, and serious illness. Here are some articles that Kira and I have written about the topic, and that’s really how my interest in addressing sexual health concerns started.

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