VIDEO: Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Medical Decision...

VIDEO: Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Medical Decision...
Webinar Recording: Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Medical Decisionmaking for the Incapacitated and Alone

Faculty:
Eric Widera, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, UCSF

Timothy Farrell, MD, AGSF
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine

Anna Chodos, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Patients who have lost capacity to make medical decisions and who have no readily identifiable surrogate decision maker are known as "unrepresented" (sometimes referred to as "unbefriended") patients. Estimates range from 5% of ICU deaths and 3-4% of long-term care residents are unrepresented. These cases raise clinical, ethical and legal questions about who should make decisions for these patients. This webinar will offer clinicians an approach to managing the growing epidemic of unrepresented older adults with a goal of ensuring that treatments are concordant with their preferences, values and best interests.
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