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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. If they didn’t do it all by themselves, they talked to the family and it was a conversation, but also there wasn’t a whole lot that doctors can do then. ICU care was pretty rudimentary.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

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Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson have no relationships to disclose. I think for families and for other providers who are not trained in that, it’s very hard to predict. I could imagine that could lead to conflict.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

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Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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Why is that important in the emergency room? Actually, our training as emergency physicians is mostly to resuscitate to acute care. And it’s very traumatic obviously for the family and all of that and the team really. Did this primary palliative care intervention in the emergency room involving a.

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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

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” I think that’s what I’m talking about with action, or it might be family leave policies. If I can share in my own family, my grandmother died early in the pandemic, just before her 97th birthday. For others, it reminded them of the experiences they’ve had in caring for someone that they love in their family.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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She entertained her family. Thanksgiving’s coming up, you’re having your family, Christmas coming up. You’re going to go traveling to Hawaii with your family, and, you know, you want to die in January. And so I thought about it a while, called, and sure enough, they brought him up to the emergency room.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

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Administration on Aging connecting you to services for older adults and their families California’s Master Plan for Aging New York’s Master Plan for Aging Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. I knew them, I developed a relationship with them. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: Great, thank you both.