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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

I can either tell you, “Here’s what I want you to do and know,” or I can just give you a book and say, “Go read it.” Second thing to say is that I think referrals are really important. I have hired coaches based on referrals. Greg: … this is an internal medicine audience ultimately.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

But for me to really get comfortable in palliative practice, I had to go book like other rotations and spend some, some extra time with people who do addiction health, people who, you know, I spent time with the outreach nurses who are doing, you know, street outreach visits. And that’s about half of our referrals.

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Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov

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So take a listen and if you are interested in learning more, check out these wonderful links: Harvey’s latest book is called, Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter Michael J. And who’s a latest book is Dignity and Care: The Human Side of Medicine.