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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. I remember there was an Archives article from, or Annals, I forget, it was probably called Archives back then, Resuscitating Advanced Directives. Bernie: And so Alex, it was horrible.

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

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I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. Alex: We are delighted to welcome Jacky Kruser, who’s a pulmonary critical care doctor and health services researcher at the University of Wisconsin.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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That’s a whole different case than the new world we’re in now where resuscitation science and critical care has created a situation where people have all kinds of time to be that far away from the end and really contemplate it, and like Juliet is saying, adapt to it, deal with it, and be at the correct stage. That’s great.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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But when the doctor explained the choices between, you can either have CPR or have a do not resuscitate order, or you can have CPR or allow a natural death. When it was do not resuscitate, fewer people chose it. Summary Transcript Summary Amber Barnato is an expert in simulation studies. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith.