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

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A recent Human Rights podcast discussed the story of a Canadian seeking MAID because he could not afford to stay housed. We talk about how Canada got to this point, including the degree to which offering MAID to anyone who is eligible has become standard practice in many places. Bill, welcome back to GeriPal. Bill: Thank you.

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

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I think this is actually bread and butter geriatrics. And then there’s this other time, and this gets to the geriatric patients, where you’re adapting to change and loss and then it’s a new normal that you’re trying to adapt to. And I get to play a Bob Dylan song that’s been on my bucket list to learn.

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

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Michele: Yeah, so in May of 2018, there was an article by Suleika Jaouad in the New York Times Magazine, and they spent about two weeks in our hospice with us learning about the work that’s done. It was built in 1955, so it wasn’t designed for a geriatric population. Shout out to the UC Berkeley-USCF Joint Medical Program.

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Writing for the Lay Public: Rosanne Leipzig and Louise Aronson

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You write a scholarly article in geriatrics, it’s not dissimilar. And I think when groups like JAMA or JAG or the leaders of the American Geriatric Society say we have to call everyone older adult, they’re doing a disservice to all of us. And I tend to think of writing as my version of public health. ” Or something.

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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. The post Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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

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Eric: This is a geriatrics and palliative care podcast and we’re talking about reproductive rights, abortions, looks like we’re talking about medical aid in dying, all encompassing this question of rights of conscious. George Annas piece mentioned on podcast. SPONSOR: . Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Mara.

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