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Why is working with adolescents and young adults so hard? Abby Rosenberg, Nick Purol, Daniel Eison, & Andrea Thach

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There’s all this stuff that we’re supposed to be doing at that stage of life and then you add the complexity of the serious illness. It is really difficult for the patients and the families. Abby: I think Andrea, you’re hitting on adolescence is super hard. Young adulthood is super hard. Thoughts on that?

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

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Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. Some more assessment also potentially some interventional around total pain, including spiritual suffering that actually may worsen physical pain. But all of us need to be able to listen deeply.

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The Angry Patient: A podcast with Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner

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The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Keri: It’s all normal, and it’s all data that can better inform our practice. And she couldn’t control her husband’s illness the way it was heading towards his death.

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