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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

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Unpacking characteristics of spirituality through the lens of persons of colour living with serious illness: The need for nurse-based education to increase understanding of the spiritual dimension in healthcare. What Mattered Then, Now, and Always: Illness Narratives From Persons of Color. Tell me about your illness.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

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So during the dissertation, that was a method for my PhD research and that’s related to… I was learning about African American elders experiences of psych-social-spiritual healing and serious illness. Tell me about your illness. So those questions we ask when we’re doing a palliative care consult.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

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Eric: And you’re also the medical director of the hospice unit here. Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. The person didn’t believe in the medications. Michele: Yep. Eric: Mm-hmm.

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