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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

But the thing that really motivates me is seeing, you know, and trying to manage later stage, you know, we can call them complications of people who haven’t had a diagnosis are now really in, you know, a world of complexity around other conditions, around managing life and managing practical things. Ana chodos, what should I be?

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A family physician's response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Vida Family Medicine

The healthcare system must provide care in a just way so that those who need care have access to it. This is relatively easy for straightforward medical decisions like taking an antibiotic for an infection, but becomes complicated during more complex situations.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. By the time he got into us, the tumor grew, he had experienced, he was experiencing significant pain and so trauma, informed care and building a relationship with him was such a big part of the care. On bias and trauma as you.

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

GeriPal

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. And it’s not the same, but it does provide information. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. And in fact, after a complicated ethics issue, we will oftentimes go in and try and debrief them.

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What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

GeriPal

Something which draws on some idea of what a human being is, which many of our citizens will disagree with, holding a different philosophical or religiously informed review about that. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

But we have very little information, almost no information. And their death rate was so high during Omicron because they had distrust to the vaccine and distrust to the government. And so there are other new treatments that I hope also will inform RSV and other RNA viruses. Their vaccines aren’t as effective.