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Guardianship and End-of-Life Decision Making: A Podcast with Andy Cohen and Liz Dzeng
Surrogate decision‐making around life-sustaining treatments in the hospital even in the best of circumstances is hard. It's maybe even harder when caring for those who are conserved or have a professional guardian. The conservator may not have known the patient prior to them losing capacity, they may not know their values or goals that can help guide decisions, and they may be restricted by state statutes on what decisions they can make without getting a judge's approval.
The prevailing wisdom is all of the barriers to decision making while under guardianship likely leads to delays in…
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