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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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And welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Ira Byock, who is a author and well-known, has written several books about hospice, inspired many to go into the field, and is the founder of- Ira: The Institute for Human- Alex: The Institute for Human Caring. We don’t want people dying in the hospital if their goal is to be at home.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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Michaels Hospital in Toronto, and health justice activist. Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. You didn’t have to walk many blocks down the street to a hospital or another facility where people were getting world class care. Naheed, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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Her most recent book is Elderhood. He had a 14 month recovery in hospital and rehab and continually asked to have life sustaining treatment suspended so that he could be allowed to die. So she bled a lot and finally called for help and was transferred to the hospital, where she started crashing in the trauma room. It was clear.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

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So in truth, I called it a b r because the Book On B t, you ever read that, Bob? Eric: Yeah, great book. And I remember interviewing Captain Sullenberger for my book, and as he was describing accidents like this, he said, “They were flying a plane they were not familiar with, which is a plane without their digital wingman.”

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