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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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Arguing for the state of Missouri against the Cruzan’s was Ken Starr, who would later be assigned the role of special prosecutor in the investigation of the Clintons (Whitewater, Lewensky, etc). The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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Kate: Yeah, some of the thoughts I’ve had in thinking about this: we did not require communication, training and education of the clinicians. I treat patients with acute leukemias and related diseases, so I kind of know some of this from my own clinical practice. Emergency rooms. Eric: Okay. Eric: Okay.

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

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She’s a geriatric nurse practitioner specializing in palliative care, and assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Joan: A lot of my work comes out of my clinical practice. Because this revolving door in the emergency room was basically assault and battery, if you will.