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Surrogates often prefer less aggressive care than provided: study

Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University report that nearly half of the time medical treatments and orders received for incapacitated patients were not compatible with goals of care requested by their surrogate decision makers. The most common disagreement involved a “full-code” medical order prepared for patients whose surrogates had indicated preference for less aggressive […]

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Sexual-Minority Patients Prefer Nonverbal Data Collection

THURSDAY, Jan. 3, 2019 — Sexual- or gender-minority (SGM) patients report greater comfort and improved communication with nonverbal collection of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) information in the emergency department, according to a study published online Dec. 28 in JAMA Network Open. Adil Haider, M.D., M.P.H., from Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, and […]