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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. Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024.

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Why is working with adolescents and young adults so hard? Abby Rosenberg, Nick Purol, Daniel Eison, & Andrea Thach

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They don’t want this, but their family’s pushing for this, but if you have to dive into it, they want to do it because of their family. The family dynamics are different though. Eric: Yeah. I wonder from a provider perspective, if you’re open to talking about your team. All of a sudden, I was like, wow.

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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. And we received this consult to assist with goals of care. 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.

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