GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? 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. I’m guessing not. How to screen for hearing loss.

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

But now that at least at the University of Pennsylvania, the radiation oncology department is sort of well integrated into the cancer center here, and we have a really strong relationship with the palliative care team and even the internal medicine residents whom we give talks to. So you have the consultation. Like, is it just boom?

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Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Katie: Yeah.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

I initially got into it because I was really looking at the psychophysiology of stress, and so how stress affects our health and how relationships were always a component of that. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress. I would say that. It’s tough.

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IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

In case you miss the introductions at the start of the podcast, Bernie and Laurie are married, and offer wonderful reminiscence of their clinical practice over the last several decades. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Laurie Dornbrand has no relationships to disclose.

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Family Families Patient-Centered IT 112

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. I see this in the hospital when I’m doing addiction medicine consults. For those individuals, how do you think about that? And we’ve been consulted multiple times. They’re often angry.

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Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 72

GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. Eric 06:58 It could be CPR in an individual with metastatic cancer in the icu. For this weekly treatment, the cancer team that had been consulted in the hospital told him this is nonsense.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 77