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

Vida Family Medicine

I care deeply about each and every one of my patients, and I do not want a difference in opinion to create a wedge in our relationship. 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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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

So, we formed this organization called Pain and Palliative Care Society in the Northern Kerala city of Kalakkad based in the government medical college. But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Raj: We are not limited by definitions because we started our first non non-government organization.

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When do we learn to treat our doctors properly?

Tiny Physician

Postpartum hemorrhage is an unfortunate and well-known complication of delivery. A doctor-patient relationship is mandatory in the case and this can be proven by cross-checking the duty list or from the patient’s case sheet. Direct causation There has to be a direct relationship between the damage and the breach of duty.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

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. Naheed 17:53 Yeah, they want connection, they want relationship, they want, meaning. Government is not the 51st state.

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

GeriPal

** Claim your CME credit for EP293 “What’s Up With MAID in Canada” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for CME, you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. 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. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. We can make this better.

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What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

GeriPal

That also speaks to a lot of the particular family relationships and, of course, in that case, allegations of mistreatment along racial lines and so forth. And for all the ways in which every single case of brain death is so complicated, you might step back and say that brain death is working out okay in the real world, right?

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