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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

But wait, before you throw out that equianalgesic table, we also invited Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD extraordinaire who published this amazing book, Demystifying Opioid Conversions , 2nd Ed., Until the second edition of my book, that is. Drew: She updated an equianalgesic table and published that in the second edition of her book.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

So I started asking around in terms of even my colleagues and so forth, you read about these little, like you say, paragraphs in books that say something about what you should do with hearing loss and testing for hearing loss, and making sure hearing aids are in place. My own work focuses on hospitalization and health utilization over time.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

GeriPal

And when she was here, she co founded the Golden Compass Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital for older adults living with HIV. And so the patients who had been admitted there to die, essentially most, if not all, got better and HIV became much more of a chronic condition. Meredith, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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

GeriPal

The way we were treating him with dementia in the hospital, the way we talked about him, that he’s not there. There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. Malaz: … to restrain them in the hospital. So what that means is I take care of you just in my clinic, just in my hospital.