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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

And it culminated in him giving a bad light to the patient in the hospital room because that was the only semblance of normalcy for this patient. That said, I think we, and I mean collectively, not just in critical care, I think we as a healthcare system, I think we’re really good at keeping people alive. Absolutely.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. And so I thought about it a while, called, and sure enough, they brought him up to the emergency room.

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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion

Doctors for America

For press inquiries or additional information from Doctors for America please contact kyle.shields@drsforamerica.org. # # # About Doctors for America: Doctors for America (DFA) mobilizes doctors and medical students to be leaders in putting patients over politics to improve the health of our patients, communities, and nation.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

And then one day when I was in my third year of medical school, I was in the gym and I hurt my back in a really horrific way. I was helped into a wheelchair kind of rushed to the emergency room, which was not far away because I was on the medical school campus. If you see an empty room, just do your thing.