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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

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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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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

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Assisted Living Communities (no longer preferable to call them Assisted Living Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. . If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. .

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

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He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Prognosis communication and the subtle ways we may communicate it without intention. Community-based palliative care networks . I have written about it in the book.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

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Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. David is a physician who wrote the book “ Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” and gave a TED talk on “ A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” that was watched over 3 million times. Eric 06:53 I loved your book. Do you want one?

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Why is working with adolescents and young adults so hard? Abby Rosenberg, Nick Purol, Daniel Eison, & Andrea Thach

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There’s all this stuff that we’re supposed to be doing at that stage of life and then you add the complexity of the serious illness. Patients that remind us of loved ones, patients that are often younger, really hard stories, complicated issues. Abby: I think Andrea, you’re hitting on adolescence is super hard.

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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. Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. So we’re going to be today talking about serious illness palliative care in the homelessness population.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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Then listen to these prior podcasts with Sean Morrison and Rebecca Sudore about this issue, and we recently discussed differences between Advance Care Planning and Serious Illness Communication with Juliet Jacobsen and Rachelle Bernacki. . Where does POLST fit in with this debate? This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith.

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