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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

Most of the debate seems rather wonky, as honestly it feels like we are getting stuck in the weeds of semantics and definitions, like what counts as ACP versus in the moment decisions. How do we include the people that you care about in these conversations? Rachelle: One of the things, they are definitely ordered steps, right?

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

But I do think POLST, which I conceptualize as an advance care planning tool, really sits in between those worlds of decisions that are relevant for the present versus the few future. I think I’m heartened by the fact that over the last decade or so, the definition of advance care planning has evolved.

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Books on Becoming A Better Mentor (and Better Person): Bob Arnold

GeriPal

Really talking about, Bob did a talk that I was not present at what meeting Alex? Alex: This was the National Palliative Care Research Center’s Annual Foley retreat for investigators, researchers. Bob: It’s a little bit like patient care, right? And it was a wonderful talk on mentoring. Eric: Yeah.

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