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Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

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And so Ruth highlighted one of the features of this pragmatic trial that was different than the outpatient trial was that we didn’t need to consent patients and families for participation in this study. And so that’s how we were able to proceed with the study under this waiver of consent. I think you had to be age over 55.

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