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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

And I have gone through my not-so-long career, but it’s coming up on nine years now, seeing the way that we have talked about CPR in such problematic ways, in ways that really do not enable true informed consent. So I think consenting to a course of treatment involves that two-way conversation. Sunita: Oh, yeah.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. I have to do them where I work, but I use them as an opportunity for informed consent.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

I think the two spaces it comes out of, one is informed consent, which is this idea that people need to have an understanding of their disease and treatment. I published a paper a few years back, and Gretchen and I got into contact, and we’ve just been working close together ever since, really. .” Gretchen: Absolutely.

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Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

GeriPal

Emily and colleagues have argued for a wider view of consent that continues to involve patients whose consent may fall in the gray zone – able to express some goals and values, hopes and fears – but not able to think through the complexities of a major decision. Eric: Yeah. I love the idea of both the context.

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

GeriPal

Alex: Also returning Rebecca Sudore, who is professor of medicine at the UCSF in the division of geriatrics, and is a geriatric and palliative care doctor. I was on service and I had a geriatrics fellow and a palliative care fellow. ” And this is late in the year, geriatrics and palliative care fellow said POLST.

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

They really wanted to have informed consent, a trustworthy guide, and a therapeutic setting. The post Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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

GeriPal

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.

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