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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

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Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

Screening 119
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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

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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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Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious

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So in those cases, can we adopt an approach to mental health care that centers primarily around quality of life of patients and their families? So here in California, if somebody uses end of life options, wants to die, and I’m doing their mental health assessment, I do have to make sure that they have decision making capacity.

Illness 101