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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients.

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A family physician's response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Vida Family Medicine

This included additional classes in medical ethics as well as a scholarly project examining the medical ethics of a specific clinical situation. The healthcare system must provide care in a just way so that those who need care have access to it. Medicine involves many extremely ethically challenging situations.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations. We talk about: . The structure of federal agencies and how they coordinate.

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

GeriPal

The songs about how saving lives is actually a pretty complicated business. Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. And when I was getting my PhD, I wanted to find something that spoke to me, and I had been doing clinical work in nursing homes. And I also think it’s a little bit topical.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

Alex: We’re delighted to welcome Leonie Herx, who’s a palliative care physician and clinical professor at the University of Calgary. So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. Bill: Thank you.

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