GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

You said something about your research in this area this morning pertaining to views of that term, end of life or end-of-life care. So the disconnect there potentially with healthcare providers is when we talk about end of life and end-of-life planning, we’re thinking about the before death stuff.

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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 that helped them focus on that instead of, say, the blood pressure, the vasopressors or the ventilator settings that day.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

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. And when I think about advance care planning too, it all goes back to like meaning making, like who is this person? Who are they?

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