Decision-Making at the End of Life: The Clinician's Evolving Role

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Category: CME
Sub-Category: PALL/GERI
Date: 5/27/2006
Time:11:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Facility: Moscone Convention Center
Location: Gateway Ballroom 102
Description: At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Describe problems with decision-making about life support in ICUs
Clearly communicate prognostic information to family members of critically ill patients
Explain 3 approaches to decision-making in ICUs
Discuss what shared decision-making is and how to incorporate it into your practice

Providing quality end-of life care is all too often difficult in the face of medical-legal, ethical issues and balancing patient and family wishes. There is a growing body of literature regarding the challenges healthcare providers face in providing end-of-life care... This lecture will present an evidence based paradigm for providing end of life care in addition to a model for how to facilitate the shared decision making regarding end-of-life care issues.
Speaker(s): Douglas B. White M.D. 


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