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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

In our third segment, we explore Amy Linskys study that examined the effect of patient-directed educational materials on clinician deprescribing of potentially low-benefit or high-risk medications, such as proton pump inhibitors, high-dose gabapentin, or risky diabetes medications. Maybe even had come in with a complication.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. It was a patient that I had taken care of, actually, as a resident, who followed me into my growing private practice. He was a terrible diabetic. And in fact, after a complicated ethics issue, we will oftentimes go in and try and debrief them. We can make this better.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

I’m really into fasting but fasting is contraindicated if you’re diabetic and a number of other conditions I saw on the slide (in an earlier talk). So my goal today is to share the wisdom that I have from 25 years as a doctor and 13 years in private practice in an ideal clinic. Add residency up there too.

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