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Green Practice News: April 2025

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Heather Massey, Sustainability Programs Manager hmassey@mygreendoctor.org (469) 877-4608 Make the Pledge Today! If doctors, nurses, and practice managers highlight the connection between environmental factors and patient well-being, people listen—and they take action. from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old. Contact us today!

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

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Because often what we hear from patients, “I do a lot of pain management research,” but mood comes up in that a lot, is that, “Oh, I don’t want to talk to my doctor about this. And then the NCCN now has a similar guideline requiring comprehensive distress management for their accreditation in cancer centers.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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These are patients who had a pre-existing chronic disease, very broadly defined. COPD, heart failure, solid oncology, hematologic malignancy, dementia, ALS, interstitial lung disease, several others. We have our social workers and our psychologists and we know how to manage these symptoms. Kate: Sure. Eric: Okay.