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#advance-directives
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Thirty-four years as a GP: is a patient with advanced dementia still the same person?
I was a GP in Leith for thirty-four years, and the question I heard most often in the last decade was some version of "she isn't the person she was". It was said by husbands, daughters, neighbours, sometimes with grief and sometimes…
Started by Alistair Gow5 replies211 views -
Who speaks for a patient who cannot? Advance directives, surrogates and the family at three in the morning
I'm an intensive care nurse in Uppsala. Most of the people I care for can't speak for themselves when it matters most: sedated, ventilated, confused. Decisions get made about them anyway, and I've watched how. The textbook gives us two standards. Substituted…
Started by Elin Lindqvist5 replies130 views