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

GeriPal

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

GeriPal

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. But I think if I were under normal constraints of the healthcare system, I wouldn’t have that time. Well, I do it personally.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

And I think the crisis that we’re in right now in healthcare delivery, the idea of laying down my badge, I think that’s maybe a metaphor for being a sheriff, but what about being a healthcare provider? They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

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.