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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

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And this paper really gave us some important insights into older adults’ priorities about medication use that can inform these conversations. We had a phrase about taking this medicine as an additional pill for you to swallow, and requires periodic lab tests for monitoring and… Eric: And cost you money. Ariel: Yes.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

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And it’s with this information from the geriatric assessment that we can really create interventions, and so that’s something that Alex and I strongly believe that we should move forward with. We have the chemo talks tool posted, so people can go there and click and immediately get the information about this.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. Amber Barnato appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. You’re basically taking data from different sources to say, corroborate what’s going on.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

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Every time you experience pain, it is informed by so many different things. Let’s say you get stuck in a trap and you might scream, is to inform other people that there might be a threat or to inform other people that you may not be able to do a certain task because you are hurt. Sometimes it is that simple.