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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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Next, we turn to Emily McDonald, the director of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network , to discuss her study on the impact of direct-to-consumer educational brochures on gabapentin deprescribing. Additionally, clinicians participated in monthly educational sessions. in the usual care group.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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Emmy: So I think shifting that a little bit is what helped me do a lot of the education that I do to therapists and physicians, just to have it on their radar. Is there a screening tool that we can use, or just questions that you ask older adults around driving safety? Emmy: I completely agree in terms of the red flags.

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Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

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And at that time, Vermont was the state with the most recent medical aid in dying law on the books, and so I was really interested in thinking about what happens when laws and policies are new and sort of their practical significance is being worked out on the ground as they’re being implemented. What are we talking about here?