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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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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. Other states set lower bars, including oral assignment of surrogate decision-makers.

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

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Keri: It’s all normal, and it’s all data that can better inform our practice. 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. Eric: Yeah.

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