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

GeriPal

James Tulsky did a study in the late 80s looking at how residents at UCSF talked about code status, where the paradigmatic way was, if your heart stops, do you want us to resuscitate it? Sunita: Oh, I was going to, just to clarify what I had said before, it’s definitely not that we based things solely on biology, for sure.

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Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

Seasons Hospice

There are four main types of advanced directives: living wills, durable powers of attorney, do-not-resuscitate orders, and five wishes. Do-not-resuscitate orders instruct medical staff not to revive the individual if their heart stops or they stop breathing. Do you want to be resuscitated if your heart stops beating?