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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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So if a young person is saying, “I’m going to try my 10th round of chemotherapy even though I physically am suffering. We really need to figure out who we are in the world and that takes your physical identity, your sexual identity, your vocational goals. The family dynamics are different though. Abby: Yeah.

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

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Managing anger is hard, it’s really hard. And yet we don’t ever talk about how to manage it. ” And I think we’re all vulnerable to that, not just patients and families, but teams as well. And I’m wondering, why did this bubble to the top of topics to discuss today? Dani: Yeah, good question.

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

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We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. Some more assessment also potentially some interventional around total pain, including spiritual suffering that actually may worsen physical pain.

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