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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

And our next guest is Amy Linsky, who’s a physician and researcher at the VA Boston Healthcare System and associate professor at Boston University University. Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. Were we able to activate patients to be more engaged in their healthcare and healthcare decisions?

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Love to talk about also in the serious illness population. I don’t practice clinically in outpatient settings, and often the folks I’m seeing are there for other kinds of issues. Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. I’m going to first turn to Emmy. Eric: Yeah.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. And the phone rang. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) â„¢.