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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

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She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. Alex: First three words would be, family and history and diversity. Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Anne: Is there a movement? I love them.

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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? What I need to navigate with that patient and their family, is it valuable to you? And when they talk to patients and families, it’s a pretty easy sell.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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Within eight weeks of diagnosis of advanced disease. We did not just rely on a physical symptom measure, which many of our colleagues are doing. It’s not just about physical symptom management. So I don’t know how clinically meaningful that week difference was to families. English or spanish speakers.

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Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

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Wait, so one key message is that social health is linked to physical and cognitive health?!? We focus on function and mortality because these are outcomes that really are important to patients and families. So there may be a reason that the the social safety net plays a role in preventing the negative effect of a negative workshop.

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