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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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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

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Starting bar TBD, look for the GeriPal post, and follow #HPMParty on Twitter to keep us as we crawl! ** Today we celebrate eight years, around 2 million listens, and 300 podcasts! Our task is simple, we are going to be sampling each of these hot chicken wings while we ask Eric and Alex questions related to Palliative care and Geriatrics.

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

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On the one hand, I agree with Scott that observational studies finding those who complete a POLST stating a preference for comfort oriented care and DNR are not go to the ICU says little about the effectiveness of POLST. She’s Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care at Oregon Health Sciences University.

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