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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Laurie Dornbrand has no relationships to disclose. This topic came up with Bernie published an article in New England Journal called Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics.

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

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A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” There was an assessment that was focused on four spiritual domains.

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