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Joshua Biddle

@JoshuaBiddleMD

Palliative Care Doc at Marin Health. Psychedelic Research. Medicine is love.

 San Francisco, CA
Joined August 2010
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Every time a woman or girl says the words: ‘I know this is a stupid question but...’ Before they ask a completely rational and interesting question, my heart breaks a little. TEACH GIRLS THAT THEY ARE NOT STUPID AND THEIR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORLD ARE ALL VALID.
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Mihir Kamdar: Is the impetus for interventional analgesia weaker or stronger for patients at end of life? No one seems to like suggesting procedures for the imminently dying, but if moments are scarce and every one is spent in pain, maybe interventions are the way to go. #hpm19
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SA513 Alternatives to Opioids 2012 to 2017: • Opioid Rxing decreased by 28% • Opioid-related deaths doubled • Most deaths now associated with illicit fentanyl and heroin • Anecdotal reports of suffering and suicides due forced opioid tapering or cutoff #hpm19 #OpioidCrisis
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#HPM19 Jenga tower, I #hope that you have a long life ahead of you. I'm also #worried that you might get demolished by a flying beanbag.
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Thank you for your compassionate, reflective words. As we grapple to make sense of this heinous, heartless act, let us remember the faith, courage, and love of the heroic worshippers who risked and lost their lives and not the monster who took them.
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Eric Widera, MD@EWidera15 Mar 2019
Missed GeriPal Live at #HPM19 with @rbernack and @Jo_Paladino from @AriadneLabs? Listen to it now on SoundCloud or iTunes! #HPM #geriatrics #FOAMed m.soundcloud.com/geripal/ser…
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What a group of amazing palliative care fellows- and an amazing chaplain! The future of our field is in good hands! #hpm19 @divpallmeducsf @UCSF @UCSFMedicine @JoshuaBiddleMD @DanielEison @RamySalahMD @MrSmith003 @Naomisaks
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Powerful poem from @redwingkeyssar, recipient of the 2019 @AAHPM Humanities Award: “Life on Earth IS the Real Deal; Magic abounds and only requires Open eyes, ears, hearts; to experience its mysteries and power; Why not LIVE as long as Possible​?” 🙏 #HPM19
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If “the plural of anecdote is policy” we had better get out there and share some stories! #hpm19
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Last day to vote for the awesome @UCSF researcher and all around amazing human being Dr. Seemay Chou @seemaychou and her Western Black Legged Tick project! Time is running out and it only takes a minute!
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@PacBio14 Mar 2019
Tick. Tick. Tick. Time is running out to make @seemaychou's dream of sequencing #PacificusDreams a reality! One day remains to vote the @czbiohub @Ucsf_Biochem project into the lead for FREE SMRT SEQUENCING! pacb.com/vote
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Awesome LIVE @GeriPalBlog podcast at @AAHPM discussing the recent @JAMAInternalMed article ”Effect of the Serious Illness Care Program in Outpatient Oncology” ja.ma/2u5qqWy @rbernack @Jo_Paladino @MdSblock #HPM19
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Replying to @IraByock
@IraByock Regarding psychedelics as medical therapy at EOL: Skepticism is warranted, these are vulnerable people. But cynicism is dangerous and could prevent development of important treatments. #hpm19 – at Florida, USA
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Enjoying this psychedelic talk? Want to open up this discussion more? Consider supporting this newly forming interest group #hpm19
Ira Byock (@IraByock) profile pictureIra Byock@IraByock14 Mar 2019
AAHPM members are signing an application to create a Safe Use of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies special interest group. Join us at surveymonkey.com/r/CBJHZP5 #hpm19 @AAHPM
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The effect-size and duration (up to 6 months) of a one time psilocybin-assisted therapy session on the reduction of existential distress and demoralization in patients with serious illness are amongst “the most profound results in the history of medicine” - Anthony Bossis #HPM19
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Dr. Anthony Bossis (NYU department of psychiatry and one of the country’s most prominent psychedelic researchers) on psychedelic-assisted therapy: “Palliative Care is the house this research belongs in”. #HPM2019 @AAHPM
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”No NQF-endorsed measures in psychological and social aspects of care” 😬 I hope we can focus on increasing aspects of positive psychology (happiness, well-being, positivity) rather than simply mitigating pathological aspects (anxiety, depression, etc) @NatQualityForum #HPM19
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“We cannot allow palliative care to simply become a component of the ‘business’ of health care delivery.” Powerful words from the late Dr. Richard Payne. An important and much needed award at next year’s conference. #HPM19
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A new Award will be debuted at #hpm20 - AAHPM Richard Payne Outstanding Achievement I’m Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award #hpm19
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The @UCSF #PalliativeCare fellows crew getting rowdy with @EWidera at the #hpm19 trainees reception.
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Lots of important work to be done with these therapies, including figuring out how we talk about them. I hope we can ultimately frame them in the language of love, humanity, spirituality, and quality of life, rather than pathology and disease. I’m excited for the journey! #HPM19
Ira Byock (@IraByock) profile pictureIra Byock@IraByock13 Mar 2019
AAHPM members can sign our application for a Safe Use of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies special interest group. @AAHPM These are potent tools which may expand our capacity to help dying people experience life worth living. Please join!
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