GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding.

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Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 85

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. He was a terrible diabetic. He did have a habit of drinking a bit and drank quite a bit.

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Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality. We do talk about healthcare policy. There are other acute issues, blood pressure medication, diabetes. Asian hate is, again, another umbrella term for racism and discrimination. Anybody do.

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

But this was a family practice study where they randomized 500 healthcare providers to wear surgical masks in routine interactions, 500 to not wear masks, no difference in like anyone getting colds or anything. And their death rate was so high during Omicron because they had distrust to the vaccine and distrust to the government.

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Vaccination IT Hospital Management 100