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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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Today, we talk with Bernie Lo, prominent bioethicist and practicing primary care internist, and Laurie Dornbrand, geriatrician at the IOA On Lok PACE, about the legacy of Nancy Curzan. Many states have gone on to say you can appoint a proxy in an oral discussion with your physician.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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Most palliative care clinicians would refer back to their primary care provider and not change their hydrochlorothiazide dose or add another agent. The thing I want most is more research in this space to be able to integrate addiction treatment into palliative care. Most oncologists would say no. Katie: Yep.

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