054 – How to Make Difficult Decisions Easier:<br> Using Goals of Care & Weighing Benefits vs Burdens

December 14, 2017
054 – How to Make Difficult Decisions Easier:<br> Using Goals of Care & Weighing Benefits vs Burdens
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054 – How to Make Difficult Decisions Easier:<br> Using Goals of Care & Weighing Benefits vs Burdens

Dec 14 2017 |

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Show Notes

In This Episode:

Dr. K discusses a reader’s dilemma concerning his resistant 96-year-old father, and explains how using two foundational concepts — goals of care, and weighing benefits versus burdens — can help families work through difficult decisions. (See here for the posted question and her written answer.) She covers:

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