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Feds Investigate Hospitals Over Religious Exemptions From Gender-Affirming Care

Physician's Weekly

An administration release announcing the probe says the Michigan case is the third investigation in “a larger effort to strengthen enforcement of laws protecting conscience and religious exercise” for medical providers, citing federal laws known as the Church Amendments.

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

GeriPal

When they built a new prison hospital in Stockton, the dialysis went there. But if the services that they require aren’t able to be provided within, they have Health Net as their insurance, so we contract with specialists in the community. Michele: So historically we did do dialysis here.

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

GeriPal

Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome back Areej El-Jawahri, who’s an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in blood cancers. Eric 39:21 Again, thinking about, like, basic approaches to these really common problems up to date, certainly out there, referrals. Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith.

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