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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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So she had them early in diagnosis and then a little bit later. I just love her conclusion because what she realizes is when you’re first diagnosed… This is research. That’s what normal means when you’re first diagnosed, wanting to go back to before the illness. Brad: Yeah. It was a complete shock.

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

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Alex: Self-administer and psychiatric illness is not considered a qualifying diagnosis. The last time we had you on the podcast, Bill, you talked about your cancer diagnosis and a personal experience with MAID, which you also, we’ll have a link to your blog post too about this as well. So they have to self-administer. Eric: Yeah.

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

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Ken Covinsky reminds us that we should not be making a diagnosis based on what we see on TV, and that if a patient’s daughter expressed a concern that their parent “wasn’t right,” we would conduct an in depth evaluation that might last an hour. Other people say, oh, no, this is just normal cognitive aging.

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