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Episode 309 – Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 23 – Anti-Blackness, Anti-Fatness, and Food Shaming

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Harrison, a community organizer and trans theorist, and Dr. Psyche A. Harrison currently serves as Editor-at-Large at Scalawag Magazine, is a co-host of the podcast “Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back,” and one third of the video podcast “In The Middle.” During this episode, we hear from Da’Shaun L. Williams-Forson, Da’Shaun L.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

And for the listeners not watching YouTube, I’d see maybe it was the big weed magazine thing that you have in the background, Eloise, that got them talking, because it is very stigmatized. I actually do some consulting work with a company called the Farmstand that’s based in a community called the Villages in Florida.

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

GeriPal

Michele: Yeah, so in May of 2018, there was an article by Suleika Jaouad in the New York Times Magazine, and they spent about two weeks in our hospice with us learning about the work that’s done. It’s by choice, just like in the community. We have about 450 inpatient mental health beds.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. Juliet: Just I think this notion of communities coming more into our field. We have a Canadian theme going. Alex: Mm-hmm.

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

GeriPal

There was a case in BC a few months ago of a woman with mental health issues who had suffered from depression, chronic suicidality at times. Eric: And now is it including mental health, psychiatric disorders? Sonu: Their plans are for it to expand in March to mental illness conditions. Leonie: Right.

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