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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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And the problem, it goes down in many states to close family members, any friend who knows the patient. So you don’t have to have the piece of paper that says, I appoint so-and-so only if you want to go outside the legal of the default characterizations, but you have to have a legal document. What words to use?

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

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The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? Dani: Yeah, so the way you presented was triggering to them.

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