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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

Kate and Ashwin talked about their research on the prevalence of lifetime trauma and its association with physical and psychosocial health among adults at the end of life. So we took a look at three different domains of quality of life that are relevant to end of life care. Well, being a pretty comprehensive definition.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy. Everybody has a primary care doctor, a primary care nurse, a team. It’s by choice, just like in the community. There are clinics.

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

It sits at the intersection of emotion, interpersonal, physical, psychological, cultural. You know, where do you send somebody who is a pelvic, what is a pelvic floor physical therapist and how do you find them? Alex 25:33 Well, you brought up pelvic floor physical therapist, and you said, what is that? You can’t even.

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