anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and better communication #smacc

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We are at #smacc in Australia bringing y’all pearls thanks to the Rosh Review. The opening session this morning was amazing and we can’t do it justice on the podcast. Gill Hicks (@MadForPeace), a victim in the July 7, 2005 bombing attack on a London train spoke on how impactful everyone in the healthcare delivery system can be (from medics to detectives to nurses to physical therapists to physicians). Dr. Dara Kass delivered a powerful talk on vulnerability, responsibility, and lack of knowledge even in a super health care literate individual…..what it means to be a provider and a patient (and a mom and a medical home for the family and a wife) in her story of donating part of her liver to her son.

David Carr on anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

 

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Dr. Laura Rock on Communicating Better

Special thanks to the Rosh Review for supporting our trip to SMACC!