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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

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And sort of a few years ago, we would sometimes see referrals a bit later than we would have liked. We are Seeing referrals at an earlier time point, especially at a point that I feel that I can really help a patient. Is it normally the oncologist who’s making the referrals to you or do they come from people outside of oncology?

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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Even if the cancer gets cured, they’re not going to become their buprenorphine prescriber, the palliative care consultant. Should it just be referral to their PMD, who’s all, “Why are these people telling me to do all this stuff all the time? Should they? Katie: Yep.

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