StorytellERdoc
JULY 10, 2014
Emergency, as per the all-knowing Webster, is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. Furthermore, an emergency is also defined as an urgent need for assistance or relief. Can you appreciate the obviousness of the long waiting times in the emergency department?
GeriPal
JULY 19, 2024
Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.
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StorytellERdoc
APRIL 23, 2014
Of dropping everything at that very moment to be at their parent's side during an Emergency Room visit. It had presented soon after she had eaten a BLT sandwich for lunch. Sam was her only immediate family left. It was my way of acknowledging and validating their efforts in helping their ill parent in a time of need.
GeriPal
APRIL 4, 2024
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. And that changed in 1969 I think the first advanced directive was created by Luis Kutner. Bernie: Well, there was a time when doctors made these decisions.
GeriPal
OCTOBER 12, 2023
I love this series of articles because each presents a component of a practical, patient-centered approach to patient-surgeon communication and decision making, and language surgeons (and surgical trainees) can start using in their next patient visit. What I need to navigate with that patient and their family, is it valuable to you?
GeriPal
JULY 11, 2024
I think for families and for other providers who are not trained in that, it’s very hard to predict. Sarah 24:24 See, I usually always present it as these are things we should think of. You know, they’re in the ICU, sick as a dog, and somehow they get through, or maybe they don’t. I don’t know what others think.
GeriPal
MARCH 28, 2024
Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. And when I presented it to the transplant team, they said, “This is interesting, but we don’t need that.
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