Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck
September 5, 2024
In today’s podcast we set the stage with the story of Dax Cowart, who in 1973 was a 25 year…
Stump the VitalTalk Communication Experts: Gordon Wood, Holly Yang, Elise Carey
August 29, 2024
Serious illness communication is hard. We must often deliver complex medical information that carries heavy emotional weight in pressured settings…
Ambivalence in Decision-Making: A Podcast with Joshua Briscoe, Bryanna Moore, Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby & Olubukunola Dwyer
April 11, 2024
Ambivalence is a tough concept when it comes to decision-making. On the one hand, when people have ambivalence but haven’t…
Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand
April 4, 2024
In 1983, a 25 year old Nancy Cruzan was thrown from her car while driving home in Missouri, landing in…
The Messiness of Medical Decision Making in Advanced Illness: A Podcast with James Tulsky
November 11, 2021
Anyone who cares for individuals with serious illness must live in a messy space where tough conversations about treatment decisions…
Quality & Safety Consideration for Patients with a POLST or Living Will
March 23, 2017
Do We Ask for Permission to Treat First? Or Treat first & Ask Questions Later? As we are educated on…
Surrogate Decision Making in the Hospital (Or, That Family Member By the Bed is Much More Than a Visitor)
February 26, 2014
An innovative study in JAMA Internal Medicine on surrogate decision making has profound implications for how we take care of…