Clinical Practice Family Dynamics Hospital Illness 
GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
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. In a hospital in the morning, six people wake him up, they got a blood draw, they got everything else. How did you react? This is Eric Widera.
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