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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. This was an investigative report about fraud and healthcare, pure fraud, pure victimization of vulnerable people. Lauren: Thanks for having me. Alex: And she’s going to be a guest host today.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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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. They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. And I was.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

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Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. So they need mainstream healthcare, and they need housing support. In what moral universe is a federal government deeply subsidizing my housing and not subsidizing that of my patients? Margot: Yes. But they don’t need all the other support.