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

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Yael 10:34 More like a living will kind of a thing. So if it’s an absolutely emergency, you got a physician in the med, you know, the health center medical director, if it’s urgent, like in this particular case, we get the ethics committee involved. Is the patient in your descriptor? Do they have a health care proxy?

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Hospice Nurses: Admission Tips You Can Use Right Now

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This includes: Most recent doctor’s note Recent hospital records Insurance information (for verification) Patient’s location for admission Power of Attorney or Living Will (if available). It is also smart to know the generic names of medications. For example, the medical director may want to stop vitamins and supplements.