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

Concierge Choice Physicians

The Concierge Choice by CCP is a unique concierge medicine style that allows physicians to offer patients an exclusive membership program while maintaining their entire patient panel. Membership is simply an option for those patients who want the assurance they will always see their chosen physician for appointments.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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Alex: She’s also associate professor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Harvard Medical School. This sort of stands in the face of what you and I learned in palliative care that illness is an opportunity for spiritual growth and transformation from what we have strived towards in caring for many of our patients. Alex: Lund.

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

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We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. If its potentially unsafe, but has robust evidence, well thats most of the treatments we offer seriously ill patients! Think chemotherapy to imminently dying patients, or CPR. Think chemo.

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

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In further contrast to the United States, MAID in Canada is almost entirely administered by a clinician, whereas in the United States patients must self administer. Panelists Bill Gardner, Sonu Gaind, Leonie Herx have stated they have no relationships to disclose. So being well and also potentially periods of dying. Alex: Oh.

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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. It’s emotionally hard, but it’s also rewarding because I have such a meaningful life, especially when you see the family members of the patient are so grateful that you’re there. Jeff: G1 is a hospital wing.

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Conscientous Provision of MAID and Abortion: Robert Brody, Lori Freedman, Mara Buchbinder

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We start by talking with Robert Brody, an internist who recalls physicians helping patients die during the height of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. Robert was first asked by one of his own patients for assistance in dying in 1991, far before aid in dying was legalized in California in 2016. Lisa Harris piece mentioned on podcast.