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A Glance at Informed Consent in Healthcare

Caregiver Support Services

When it comes to healthcare, few concepts are as criticaland often misunderstoodas informed consent. At its core, informed consent is the process by which patients are given the information they need to make educated decisions about their care. What Makes Up Effective Informed Consent?

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

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I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. You’ve had three documented conversations to “clarify code status.” And I described a code that I led as a senior resident.

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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. But like, if you look at a surrogate document, it walks you through step by step, the hierarchy of decision makers, but also, like, how that surrogate should be making decisions. Because if you.

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

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And yet, I think for everyone who’s elderly, which is anyone who’s my age or older, I would say it’s very important and ought to be part of an annual exam that we ought to be asking that, and documenting it in the chart. I think Bob also noted documenting it. Eric: Anybody else’s thoughts on that?

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Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

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I feel like I’ve recently seen a fair number of consults, here at the VA, we have the life sustaining treatment option, or sorry, note, where you document code status and there’s a form of who a circuit decision maker is if you were to need one, if the patient has capacity. Anne Rohlfing: I think that is a positive aspect.

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Analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Draft Guidance on Clinical Trials with Psychedelic Drugs

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance document with foundational considerations for researchers that are developing psychedelic drugs for the treatment of medical conditions. The document frequently refers readers to existing guidance while noting key considerations that are unique to psychedelic drugs in each section.

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“Such insight into research” Undergraduate BSc Hons Nursing Research Internship

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Dr Lisa Whiting Dr Julia Petty Prof Natalie Pattison Background: In 2021, the Chief Nursing Officer for England (NHS 2021) published a key document (Making research matter, Chief Nursing Officer for England’s strategic plan for research) that aimed to enable nurses to become empowered to lead, deliver and be involved in research.

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