Podcast 24: An interview with Dr. Douglas B. White on the perspectives of surrogate decision makers regarding discussions about their loved one’s prog...

We talk with Douglas B. White about his paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine, entitled “Hope, Truth, and Preparing for Death: Perspectives of surrogate decision makers,” and we offer a roundup of the week’s news. A reminder, before we start, that Admitting Diagnosis is taking the next two weeks off. We hope you’ll find some time to enjoy the holdays as well. We’ll be back in the first full week of January. Meanwhile, if you’d like to comment on these interviews or offer an idea for a future podcast, please call 617-440-4374. We’re all ears. Links for this podcast–

• FDA Calls for Suicidality Warning on All Antiepileptic Drugs
• Intensive Glucose Control Fails to Reduce Cardiovascular Events
• Even Small HER2-Positive Tumors May Require Aggressive Treatment
• Patients’ Surrogates Want to Discuss Prognosis, Even at the Risk of Extinguishing Hope
• Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Top Stories of 2008
• Cardiology Top Stories of 2008
• Oncology and Hematology Top Stories of 2008

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