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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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People would present with horrible opportunistic infections, not just pneumocystis pneumonia, but CNS infections with toxoplasmosis and wasting syndrome, of course. They were seriously ill and had a chance to get to know. And the goal about treating reversible illness that we tried to put in with that got taken out.

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The Angry Patient: A podcast with Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner

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The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? Dani: Yeah, so the way you presented was triggering to them.

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

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Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. But all of us need to be able to listen deeply. Eric: I want to be mindful of the time.

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