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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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And that helped them focus on that instead of, say, the blood pressure, the vasopressors or the ventilator settings that day. And then they had to be receiving 48 hours of continuous mechanical ventilation at a minimum and be an adult. We have our social workers and our psychologists and we know how to manage these symptoms.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

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The outpatient clinic and how that’s going to work. You’re not hiring a bunch of social workers or nurses or docs to do it. You work with who’s there and they, they deliver care. Whether it’s supportive care or a social work led intervention, an ACP led intervention, whatever it may be.