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

GeriPal

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. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. And so, let’s help them.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

How should we screen for cognitive impairment? He is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin and medical director of their Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. So let’s just say you have a healthy 55 year old or 65 year old in your clinic. Well, so I guess it depends on what you say screening.

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

GeriPal

Harvey is probably best known for his work in developing dignity therapy, a psychological intervention designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as death approaches. So I identified myself, and was working in our local cancer center.