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William Condrell, MD now offering a more personalized approach to healthcare with theConcierge Choice from Concierge Choice Physicians

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Condrell; Dr. Condrell’s private cell phone number for easy after-hours connectivity should an urgent need arise; enhanced medical advocacy and coordination with all other healthcare providers; and a dedicated office staff with a focus on service to assist patients.

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

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We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. These older patients are costing a ton in healthcare costs. Michele: Yep.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

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And that was the last time that he’d been seen by our healthcare system. It’s like a third of people need chemical or physical restraints to keep that in. The major rock climbing magazine has an obituary section. And the note reflects a very angry response. I can’t believe we’d give up on being.

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

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But the other was she read an article about our hospice in the May of 2018 New York Times magazine. He might want to write his mom and he’s not physically able to write anymore. So she found that incredibly moving, so that’s one of the songs on the album. I’ll write the letter for him.

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Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky

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We talk about positive aspects of aging, cognitive screening, the line between legitimate concerns and ageism, ableism, advice for a geriatrician asked to comment on TV, frailty and physical disability, images in the press , historical situations including , and an upper age limit for the Presidency, among other issues. Ken 21:39 Well, yes.

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