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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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Eric: Initially it started with living wills back in the early-1970s development of durable-powered attorneys for healthcare. They didn’t come up in geriatrics very much. And we see that too in geriatrics. Alex and Eric, both of you attend in geriatrics. I didn’t see very many AIDS patients.

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

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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. So what we’re talking about here are living wills, right? I was on service and I had a geriatrics fellow and a palliative care fellow. Welcome back, Rebecca.

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

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And I think social workers, advanced practitioners, nurses, really feel comfortable giving functional prognoses more so than time-based prognoses. appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. And I’ve really learned that piece from working with interprofessional teams.

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