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

GeriPal

But if the services that they require aren’t able to be provided within, they have Health Net as their insurance, so we contract with specialists in the community. 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.

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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. These drugs are considered lifestyle medications. And I said, sure.

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