The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast #295 Advance Your Care Planning with Dr. Rebecca Sudore
Sep 20, 2021
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Failure That Shaped Her Work
- In medical school Rebecca gave a homeless clinic patient wound care instructions she later learned were unreadable.
- The patient became septic, which propelled Rebecca's focus on health literacy and clearer materials.
Start With Values Not Forms
- Start advance care planning as a values conversation, not a one-time checkbox form.
- Ask about life goals and what quality of life means before discussing specific treatments.
ACP’s Primary Outcome Is Family Relief
- Advance care planning reduces stress and cognitive burden for surrogates and families.
- It requires systems, laws, clinicians and community alignment, not just forms.