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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. I think it’s kind of multilayered and I think that one area in particular to intervene is patients going into long term care. This is Eric Widera. Alex 01:24 This is Alex Smith.

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

But at the same time, we’re saving a lot of moral distress of the long term care staff in terms of having to bear watching people not have thirst needs addressed. Who do you give informed consent to? ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2025. Past self or current self?

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