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Facilitating the Advance Care Planning Conversation with Patients: An Interactive Virtual 1.5-Hour Session

Objectives: The Liaison Committee on Medical Education requires that the curriculum of medical schools includes end-of-life care. Most medical students feel reluctant to discuss end-of-life issues with their patients, but would like to learn more. Methods: We created an educational session on using Five Wishes to facilitate the advance care…

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Physician Advance Care Planning Experiences and Beliefs by General Specialty Status and Sex

Objectives: Advance care planning (ACP) involvement could be substantially different by physician specialty or sex group, with implications for training and methods to increase ACP activities. The objective of this article is to compare primary care physicians (PCPs) and other specialty physicians and female compared with male physicians’ views and…

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Survival After In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Background: The use of postarrest variables to predict survival after discharge following in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation has not been definitive. This study evaluates whether the duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and other variables affect discharge rates and survival rates after discharge. Methods: Prospective cohort survival data and arrest variables were collected,…

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