…asked if Not Dead Yet could be her surrogate. She said that she couldn’t trust her family. We’re not in a position to do that, but the need is there. This morning, I also mentioned the recent research showing that roughly half of doctors just assume that an advance directive always means a refusal of treatment. And I talked about futility policies, which allow doctors to overrule advance directives which say that the patient wants certain life-su…
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…these forms were for people near death. I asked her what she had been instructed about the form, and whether there were any materials for me. A few minutes earlier, she had given me the notification form for my annual flu shot. But nothing to accompany the MOLST form. She didn’t receive any training, either. And while I was confident filling out the form, others may not be. I believe people should receive notice that they will be hit with this ki…
…rent column, Drake Isn’t Dead Yet. This link is to the Rocklin & Roseville Today. I’ll add other I come across as they become available. From the column: When infant Stephen Drake was being born sideways breech in a New York hospital in the mid-’50s, a doctor wrongly used forceps to pull him from the womb. The resulting brain injury gave Drake hydrocephalus, which would require a lifelong brain shunt to manage. He also would have permanent challen…
