A Recovery Addiction Story

7/24/2013

and supportive documentation, felt like the sword of Damocles — one mistake and all was lost. Only by living … Principles and lived them like my life depended on them. PHS and my mentors were my advocates to be relied …

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The physician's role in end-of-life care

6/20/2013

have a poor prognosis. More than 80% of patients who believe they have less than 1 year to live want … to live their final days comfortably at home with friends and family, but only about 25% actually die …

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Ethical decisions at the end of life

6/20/2013

the decisions they currently face fit into the broader narrative of their lives. Constructing case narratives … and serve as models for the lived narratives that physicians need to help patients construct on a daily … to ethics by, for example, describing how their loved ones have lived and what they've held most dear. "My …

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Question 4

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Question 4

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Decision-making Process and Discussions

6/20/2013

to live? Where do you want to die? Establishing goals of care (patients with life-limiting illness): What …

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Introduction

6/20/2013

Module 1). Emphasis used to be placed on "living wills," in which patients delineate wishes regarding … are not clearly addressed in the living will. Living wills often describe a narrow set of treatments in a specific … or clinical scenarios. Older living wills also included ambiguous phrases such as "heroic treatment …

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Question 5

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References

6/20/2013

1. Emanuel L. Living wills can help doctors …

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Conflict resolution

6/20/2013

that although her mother would not want to live like this, she can still hear and would be hurt by a discussion … the medical team and family agree that the patient doesn't have long to live but differ in their assessment … criteria would the patient decide among treatment options? Would the patient want to live longer, better …

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