Beth Newcomb

Health Affairs featured a blog post by USC Leonard Davis Research Assistant Professor Anna Rahman about how the distinction between palliative care and end-of-life care needs to be made clearer. “Consistently conflating palliative care and hospice care threatens to undermine our field’s credibility and our ability to help patients who could benefit from the extra layer of support palliative care provides,” she wrote.

Unerased: The History of Conversion Therapy in America interviewed Gerald Davison of USC Dornsife College and USC Leonard Davis School. He discussed how he took a stand against conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ in the 1970s.

ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV highlighted the Mindful Eating Series. The spot included interviews with Deborah Weirick of the USC Verdugo Hills and USC Leonard Davis graduate student Megan Tancredi. Tancredi leads class discussions in the 10-week program.

KPCC quoted Donna Benton of the USC Leonard Davis School about California’s proposed budget for caregiver support. Benton said most Californians don’t qualify for low-income caregiver support services. “Family members in general sacrifice a lot,” said Benton. “And then when they go to look for services for themselves, usually they’re not going to qualify.”