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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

It was like kind of a co op with this common space that different groups could rent for events and meetings and things like that. We have recently, for our larger events, and even not as large events, we have people send us their stories. His lymphoma had relapsed, and palliative care was consulted to help with his symptoms.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

And that these serious illness conversations ought to involve more palliative care consultations, I think. Is there a role for the primary care doctor, for the anesthesiologist, for the consulting team, for … Eric: Integrative geriatrics. We’re available, palliative care. Alex: Mm-hmm.

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

GeriPal

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. So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy.

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