GeriPal

JUNE 23, 2022

And that’s another huge source of data and that’s the data that generally informs the USPSTF and other guidelines. And that’s why I want women to have an informed decision. And so we did learn in that study that even… Here we were trying to take the burden off primary care doctors.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

And in my medical training, becoming a primary care doctor, I realized that older adults, women and men were having a lot of these same symptoms. Very interested in decision making around as we get older, individualizing care, sort of patient centered, values driven, it’s a tough decision to figure out.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy. Michele: So the patients within the Department of Corrections, there are doctors at every facility. Everybody has a primary care doctor, a primary care nurse, a team.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. Whenever I take care of a patient, I see myself as a family practice doctor, but I’ve been a hospitalist, I’ve been a primary care doctor, and I’ve done palliative. I often say that doulas are mirrors. That dawned on me.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

I worry, as a ex-primary care doctor, how much time I have. Although, certainly when you start facing complications of serious illness, it is increasingly important to engage as individuals and conversations about goals, values, and preferences. I think it’s all about how important.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

The episode emphasizes thoughtful, individualized care in the context of rising vaccine hesitancy and declining immunization rates. And so I do encourage you to be familiar with some of the information provided by the CDC as long as it’s still online. Unfortunately. It’s getting more common. Yeah, sure.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 17, 2025

It is the policy of NIH not to prioritize research activities that focuses gaining scientific knowledge on why individuals are hesitant to be vaccinated and/or explore ways to improve vaccine interest and commitment,” the notice read. That’s when he got the notice from the NIH. “It states and two to recipients in Puerto Rico.

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