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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. Eric: And Laurie for this patient, were you the outpatient provider? And the problem, it goes down in many states to close family members, any friend who knows the patient.

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The Angry Patient: A podcast with Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner

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And also the whole potential psychiatric diagnoses. And I was aware in the room that at the appointment when he was mad at the system, I could have sat with that forever. And I think limiting the visits really triggered a deep sense of abandonment in him from a provider that he felt attached to. And he was livid. Dani: Totally.

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