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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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In case you miss the introductions at the start of the podcast, Bernie and Laurie are married, and offer wonderful reminiscence of their clinical practice over the last several decades. Should we abandon the term, “comfort measures?” And great song choice: Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell. And I think that’s where we want to be.

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

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Not my normal clinical practice. And when I’m one on one, I carry a portable chair with me just to sit with a non-intimidating presence, to be more fully present right with the family and with the patient. I recently had an angry patient and I had the opposite enactment. I started bending over backwards. Dani: Totally.

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