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CME Article: A More Directive Living Will for Older Adult Patients with End-Stage Medical Conditions?

Objectives: Many older adult patients want to be treated aggressively for reversible conditions, even when their current quality of life is limited; however, most standard living wills focus on the very end of life and provide little guidance to acute care providers (ACPs) should their older adult patient be admitted…

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Chart Documentation of Informed Consent for Operative Vaginal Delivery: Is It Adequate?

Objectives: To determine the documentation frequency of informed consent for women undergoing a trial of nonemergent instrumental delivery. Study Design: A retrospective chart review of instrumented vaginal deliveries from 1992 to 2005 was performed. Cases were identified from a Labor and Delivery database and hospital records were reviewed for documentation…

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