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Mental Health in Michigan: A Direct Primary Care Approach

Plum Health

Long wait times, high costs, and limited availability of providers can make it feel like you're on your own. It's a different way of doing healthcare, one that puts patients at the center. The Benefits of Direct Primary Care for Mental Health Direct primary care is a different approach to healthcare.

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

When you think about leadership and we think about health care, we still live in a healthcare system that has a hierarchy. And so there are different levels of power within our healthcare system. And then my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was treated there. Barbara: You do. It’s good. So proud of myself.

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

Eric 17:46 Well, how do you train them, the frontline people seeing these patients, healthcare providers, geriatricians, oncologists? A lot of people, and we have some data to say that you might have distress, but sex is not one of the reasons for your distress when you’re first diagnosed.

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