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Why Regular Check-ups Matter: Preventive Care at Mesa Family Physicians

Mesa Family Physician

The Hidden Benefits of Regular Check-ups You Might Be Missing Many residents of Mesa and the surrounding Arizona communities don’t realize that preventive care goes far beyond just “checking the box” for your annual physical. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all medicine.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. And I love the podcast that we did because it really highlights… We pride ourselves in palliative care, and focusing on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual suffering. I mean, they’re appropriate to enroll, I think.

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Intentionally Interprofessional Care: DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace

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social worker, chaplain), everyone should be able to ask a question or two about spiritual concerns, social concerns, or physical concerns. So, for instance, I do a psychosocial screen, I do a physical screen, I do screens in all the other domains. In other words, in addition to being a specialist (e.g. But how about you!

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Avoiding the Uncanny Valley in Serious Illness Communication: Josh Briscoe

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There’s no special thing to say, but sometimes we’re tempted to treat serious illness communication in that way, conversational judo or something, that I can maneuver around an encounter and create something new. All these studies in this fringe… We want the special key. You had no relationship. Eric: Yeah.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

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We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. Lexy: The domains were meaning and purpose, relationships, transcendence and peace, and self-worth and identity, and we developed those.

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

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On today’s podcast Areej El-Jawahri, oncologist specializing in blood cancers at MGH, says that sexual health is one of the top if not the top issue among cancer survivors. 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.

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