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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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In 1988, Cruzan’s parents requested that her feeding tube be removed, arguing that she would not want to continue in this state. On the one hand, this was unfortunate, as it meant Nancy Cruzan could not be disconnected from the feeding tube immediately. In 1990 the Supreme Court ruled…for the state of Missouri.

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

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So maybe not where I’m worried that you have months to a year to live, but I’m worried that you’re not going to be able to function as well, that you’re going to need someone to live with you, that you’ll need help going to the bathroom. Those kinds of things. Get the hospice referral. Eric: Yeah.

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

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He, his Twitter feed though is brilliant. So, maybe the person with advanced dementia is coming in from the nursing home and nobody can find the living will from however many years ago. It won’t take long, go get it by yourself.” Eric: Yeah. Alex: Yeah. Absolutely.