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Peripheral Arterial Disease and Foot Wounds

Vascular Physician

Referrals to nutritional programs or specialists can be beneficial. · · Ensure appropriate hypertension management and medication. With adequate examination, referral and intervention, many of these limbs could have been saved. (1) A critical analysis of current treatment unmasks the clinical and economic costs of CLI.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. And you wrote, actually, a beautiful GeriPal blog about it a while ago. What is it called?

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. On average, twice as many patients have contact with GPs than with all specialists (in offices and/or outpatient clinics) combined. Over time, more trust develops. Over time, communication improves. million Canadian patients).