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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Alex: Bernie, as you were talking earlier and praising the generations of doctors today who have training in palliative care and able to have these complex communications with family members, including forming a relationship really quickly with them, getting to know their loved one, who’s now seriously ill, who they may not have met before.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

And really, I mean, so for example, if a social worker were doing this listening, perhaps there are family dynamics or psychosocial needs that they would be attuned to, whereas I as a physician might have something else I pay attention to. But all of us need to be able to listen deeply. Eric: LaVera, I got a question for you.

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