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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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APRIL 4, 2024

I once had a patient in the ICU at Moffitt who had had a stroke and was facing, not recovered, going to a nursing home with a feeding tube. Even if you haven’t completed a healthcare proxy, durable training for healthcare, most states say here’s a list of people who can make that decision in order.

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Document Feeding Resuscitation Article 195
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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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MARCH 24, 2022

I have done a lot of work on POLST and nursing homes and I’ve seen POLST forms. I saw years ago in Oregon, a POLST form that had been on file in a nursing home resident’s chart for seven years. So what we’re talking about here are living wills, right? And it said comfort measures.

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Palliative care Geriatrics Palliate Document 144
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