Medicine is inseparable from how we live our lives in society at large, and medical schools do not prepare their graduates for the degree of activism needed to try and effect meaningful change.

Doctors, by and large (not everyone), are content to be part of the problem.

Emory University receives $3.1 million NIH grant to improve quality of life for people with cystic fibrosis Emory Dept of Family & Preventive Medicine #hapc
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People deprived of the means of living tend not to live very long. Providing them the means to live tends to help with that. It may seem straightforward, but US health leaders and lawmakers are still struggling to process this information.
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Night and Day 🧡🩵

Ceiling of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran.

Completed in 1619 during the reign of Shah Abbas the great.

I thought poetry could change everything, could change history and could humanize, and I think that the illusion is very necessary to push poets to be involved and to believe. But now I think that poetry changes only the poet.

—Mahmoud Darwish

Relative to non-physicians, US doctors are less likely to vote, attend public meetings, volunteer, or otherwise be politically
engaged. In other words, we’re impressively accepting of abysmal health policy killing our patients but paying us quite well.
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470 physicians, nurses, paramedics, medical students, pharmacists, psychologists, physical therapists, lab technicians, and researchers have been killed since the start of Israel's military assault on #Gaza .

We are hiring a full-time research specialist! If you are interested in psychedelic research, clinical trials, biomarkers, clinical psychology, etc please apply! You can see more about the job and apply here! staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/127088/jo… #psychedelics #clinicalresearch Emory Healthcare Veterans Program

Science on #SpiritualHealth
Symposium 2024

MODERATED by Charles L Raison, Director of Research on Spiritual Health @EmoryHealthcare & CSHH Visiting Prof.

Emory Public Health Tomorrow, Friday: 5-9:30pm
Sat: 9:30-5pm; In-Person or Virtual: psychedelics.emory.edu/events/index.h…

#PsychedelicMedicine

Good paper from Open Foundation on patient experiences of psilocybin. 'Multiple respondents suggested that connecting with other participants could help create a sense of connection, help with validation and feeling understood.' ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

After the amazing week at AAHPM #hapc24 we are again putting out a call for people passionate in writing and editing in pall care to join our growing interprofessonal editorial board Endnotes endnotes.org/privacy-policy/

It was so good for my soul to “Escape to the Museum” at #hapc24 ! Thanks to my co-facilitators, the Phoenix Art Museum, all the participants and AAHPM for a rich and restorative afternoon! #HMIMuseum Harvard Macy Elizabeth Gaufberg Margaret “Meg” Chisolm, MD Christian Sinclair, MD, FAAHPM

AAHPM. Grady Hospital in Atlanta is the recruiting for HPM Faculty. Grady is the primary teaching hospital for Emory University and the safety net hospital for Atlanta. This is a great opportunity. If interested, please meet us tomorrow at the Job Fair!

We hope you’re all as excited as we are for the upcoming #AAHPM annual assembly! Check out our team’s “entrance survey” as we reviewed the schedule and shared our thoughts.
#hapc24 #hpm #PhoenixHereWeCome

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New paper from Roman Palitsky Ali John Zarrabi, MD Dr. Deanna Kaplan et al at Emory Uni suggesting a more comprehensive framework to assess adverse events and post-psychedelic difficulties. Could be very useful for trials and legal programmes. osf.io/preprints/psya…

“In America, their shooting had been perceived as an act of hate, but if it had happened in the West Bank or Gaza, they would be considered collateral damage or even legitimate targets — potential terrorists. Kinnan wondered: Who counted, who didn’t?” nytimes.com/2024/02/28/mag…

“Should psychedelics ever be legalized as medicine…people who might benefit most are those who have a terminal diagnosis” ⁦AAHPM⁩ #psypal #medtwitter washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

Treatment-Resistant Depression in Older Adults | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…, %202024%20DM2325191_NEJM_Subscriber&bid=2104774763 helpful approach to treatment

‘Patient Is Otherwise Healthy’ | JCO Oncology Practice: must read for palliative care clinicians, although we may not have the staffing or bandwidth it didn't mean that the consult was not appropriate ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/OP…

79.3% agreed that PAT was “a reasonable medical choice” for such patients, and 84.8% said they thought the Canadian government should cover the cost of that treatment

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