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

GeriPal

So like as an example, in New York State, if someone has no healthcare proxy that they’ve designated, there is a legal structure by which we can assign a surrogate, whereas other states don’t have that same structure. Yael 10:52 Yeah. And I think that’s where there’s so much state by state variability.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

GeriPal

I think Bob draws your attention to Adam Grant’s books and his writing. They said durable power of attorney for healthcare, like assigning a healthcare proxy. It’s in the middle. I’m in the middle. Let me let expand on that. I think that debates around science are really, really helpful.