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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. And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it.

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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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Like yourself, when I was a resident, and pain has been shaped in our mind as being a purely physical sensation, especially on the clinical side, where this idea that pain is complex and that pain is as much an emotion as much as physical sensation is not really something we are trained to do. Haider: That was a great story.