GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

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. You write about this, you’ve written this New England Journal article, you’ve written past articles. ICU care was pretty rudimentary.

Feeding 197

Feeding Document Resuscitation Article 197

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy! It would have a CPR section and then it would have a healthcare proxy section. Respectful disagreement is in short supply these days.

Document 268

Document Nursing home Healthcare proxy Ventilator 268

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Start by reading this article by Sean Morrison, Diane Meier, and Bob Arnold in JAMA , and this response from Rebecca Sudore, Susan Hickman, and Anne Walling. I don’t need a checkbox form, I don’t need to know about CPR or mechanical ventilation. If you’re new to this discussion, don’t start with this podcast! Who are they?

Palliative care 145

Palliative care Geriatrics Palliate Document 145