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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

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Eric 06:58 It could be CPR in an individual with metastatic cancer in the icu. It’s like a third of people need chemical or physical restraints to keep that in. The major rock climbing magazine has an obituary section. Could be considered a PULET, potentially unsafe, potentially inducing harm with low evidence of benefit.

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

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But the other was she read an article about our hospice in the May of 2018 New York Times magazine. I am there with individuals who are dying. There’s education available and a lot of programs available that can give you self-help. He might want to write his mom and he’s not physically able to write anymore.

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

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We talk about positive aspects of aging, cognitive screening, the line between legitimate concerns and ageism, ableism, advice for a geriatrician asked to comment on TV, frailty and physical disability, images in the press , historical situations including , and an upper age limit for the Presidency, among other issues.

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