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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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I saw a person who couldn’t access the social determinants of health. And yet in my other rotations and experiences, it was so clear that we were resourcing people with palliative care resources very well. The Peach program has cared for over 1,000 clients. It’s been quite a ride.

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Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng

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In his book The Hour of our Death Philip Aries described a long evolution in western civilization of cultural attitudes towards dying. More recently Sharon Kaufman ‘s book And a Time to Die described the ways in which physicians, nurses, hospital systems, and payment mechanisms influenced the hour and manner of patient’s deaths.