Remove Clinical Practice Remove Family Dynamics Remove Healthcare Remove Illness
article thumbnail

Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

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. And the problem, it goes down in many states to close family members, any friend who knows the patient. What words to use? Is the POLST useful?

Families 113
article thumbnail

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

GeriPal

The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Not my normal clinical practice. And she couldn’t control her husband’s illness the way it was heading towards his death. How did you react? This is Eric Widera.

Patients 110