DNACPR

DNACPR

Author: The BMJ December 14, 2022 Duration: 1:00:48
In this episode of the Dr. Informed podcast, the topic of discussion is death and dying, and how to involve patients in DNACPR decisions. The panel discuss the importance of doctors having discussions with patients about end-of-life care as a way of creating the best possible death for patients. The conversation also touches on the challenges that doctors may face when having these difficult discussions and they give some advice on how they to overcome them. Joining Clara are; Mark Taubert, palliative care consultant, and national chair of future care planning for the Welsh Government Kat Shelley, an anaesthetics trainee, who has stage four breast cancer, and is receiving palliative care Lucy-Anne Frank, an elderly care consultant. The article "Do not resuscitate me in Barbados" is published by BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, and is free to access at;

https://spcare.bmj.com/content/11/3/310


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