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

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Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF. We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. How to screen for hearing loss.

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Avoiding the Uncanny Valley in Serious Illness Communication: Josh Briscoe

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Coming off as rote and scripted during a serious illness conversation can have a similar off-putting impact on patients and families. – Anticipatory corpse book mentioned several times on the podcast. Today we talk with Josh about how to anticipate and avoid the uncanny valley. And talk about times when we’ve fallen into it. .

Illness 102
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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

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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. And, David, I’m going to start off with you because you wrote an entire book about this. Eric 06:53 I loved your book.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

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Additionally, here are some of the resources we talked about during the podcast: Eduardo Brueras editorial that accompanies the JAMA paper titled Improving Palliative Care Access for Patients With Cancer Our podcast on Stepped Palliative Care with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar The book What’s in the Syringe?

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

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Unpacking characteristics of spirituality through the lens of persons of colour living with serious illness: The need for nurse-based education to increase understanding of the spiritual dimension in healthcare. What Mattered Then, Now, and Always: Illness Narratives From Persons of Color. Tell me about your illness.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

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On today’s podcast we talk with Jason Karlawish, who we’ve had on previously talking about his book The Problem of Alzheimer’s and with Aaron Kesselhim, to discuss FDA approval of Aducanumab , as well as frequent guest and host Ken Covinsky. . Tell me about your illness. lecanemab was shown to slow the rate of cognitive decline by 0.45

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. Alex 01:57 Joe, which city are you joining from?