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

GeriPal

What does this diagnosis mean to you? And so I’ve had an opportunity to participate that at our Livestrong cancer clinic here at Dell Medical School. You begin with psychosocial assessment and care. And you feed the medicine in. So you never don’t have the medicine, but you start with, who are you? Barbara: You do.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Because I feel like as a medical provider of taking care of somebody, the man in the hallway, I’ve known that person for 15 years. The post Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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

GeriPal

So this is about two and a half, three years out from leukemia diagnosis. And the point of that is that so many people, in my experience, and I’m sure it’s the same initial diagnosis of cancer, that’s the last thing that I want to talk about. And I said, sure. And I had that mortified look on my face of God.

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