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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

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So folks that are having refractory ascites or refractory encephalopathies, challenging emotional symptom management as well. Like, with a cancer diagnosis, there’s relatively a smooth, smooth prognosis. Sarah 07:12 It’s mostly our decompensated cirrhosis patients. We know what’s going to happen. Brittany 15:07 Right.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

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Instead, what if your surgeon told you that the operation she was discussing could help with only 4 things: live longer, feel better, prevent disability, or obtain a diagnosis? ” And he says, “It’s in the emergency room.” It can help prevent disability, or it can make a diagnosis and that’s it.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. As a managed care state also, our care managers in managed care for Medicaid could be 300 miles away. Eric: And Susan? Having that visual is really important.