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Episode 120: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Pearls Defining Structural Racism Structural racism is a term that acknowledges that racism is perpetuated beyond individual interactions and interpersonal racism, but is present in the systems and policies that govern our everyday lives. Stolen Breaths. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:197-199. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31130-9.

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. But why I decided to look at medical and mental health care and assisted living. So, that’s why we did this project, the Delphi panel, to say what really should be recommended for medical and mental health care in assisted living?

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding. Eric 29:36 Yeah.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

There was a case in BC a few months ago of a woman with mental health issues who had suffered from depression, chronic suicidality at times. Eric: And now is it including mental health, psychiatric disorders? Sonu: Their plans are for it to expand in March to mental illness conditions. Leonie: Right.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed. Really, only thing that I think was really in the biomedical health services literature at that time was probably Carla’s paper on loneliness. Eric: I realize we’re almost out of time.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

It might have to do with a sensitivity around mental health. And given that there’s been so much broken trust because the health system has failed people experiencing homelessness so many times, I wonder if there’s a concern about that in Canada, which of course is different from the US is different.

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Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy

GeriPal

So if you look at government websites about heat for example, it’s got a line of buttons across the top with affected populations, outdoor workers, athletes and older people are in there. So it’s just every single part of our life is affected and mental health issues. Why is it up to the healthcare system?