<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173095375385680490.post232041391209151428..comments</id><updated>2009-09-11T20:45:01.437-07:00</updated><category term='ethics'/><category term='overdose'/><category term='sleep apnea'/><category term='medical specialty'/><category term='Cancer'/><category term='shift work sleep disorder'/><category term='hospice'/><category term='POLST'/><category term='Cystic Fibrosis'/><category term='helen keller'/><category term='Israel'/><category term='do no harm'/><category term='Life After Life'/><category term='electronic medical records'/><category term='Saudi Arabia'/><category term='medical'/><category term='values'/><category term='transplant'/><category term='Hell'/><category term='dying'/><category term='PTSD; prednisone; end of life; pulmonary fibrosis'/><category term='end of life'/><category term='prednisone. end of life'/><category term='culture of death'/><category term='ventilators; 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ventilators; ICU; family conference; end of life'/><category term='durable power of attorney for heath care'/><category term='Alzheimer&apos;s'/><category term='medical errors; medical mistakes; apology; legal'/><category term='durable power of attorney for health care; pull the plug; CPR'/><category term='fatigue'/><category term='Group Health'/><category term='advance planning'/><category term='Heaven'/><category term='prayer'/><category term='medical history'/><category term='ARDS; ventilators; family conference; end of life'/><category term='worms. nurse'/><category term='tube feeding'/><category term='lung cancer'/><category term='cadaver'/><category term='living will; Chopin; surrogate decisions'/><category term='pulmonary embolism; Medic One; Medical errors; Tort reform; dyspnea;'/><category term='endotracheal tube'/><category term='Placebo effect'/><category term='clostridium difficle'/><category term='Ethics Committees'/><category term='organ transplant; kidney transplant; kidney failure; organ donation'/><category term='bryn athyn'/><category term='murmur'/><category term='pulmonary hypertension; hospice; end of life'/><category term='ethics; pain; hospice; ventilators; family conference; end of life'/><category term='lethal IV; euthanasia'/><category term='CPR'/><category term='patient care conference; advance directives; ethics; hospice; ventilators; family conference; end of life'/><category term='Your Life Your Choices'/><category term='Mark Twain'/><category term='scopolamine'/><category term='terminal care'/><category term='Medic One'/><category term='Bird Respirator'/><category term='assisted suicide; end of life; Craig Ewert; hospice'/><category term='religion'/><category term='poetry'/><category term='shakespeare'/><category term='consulting nurse'/><category term='death panels'/><category term='emphysema'/><category term='alcoholism'/><category term='brain dead; organ transplant; advance directives; ethics; ventilators; family conference; end of life'/><title type='text'>Comments on End of Life - thoughts from an MD: So What's a POLST Form?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.endoflifeblog.com/feeds/232041391209151428/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6173095375385680490/232041391209151428/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.endoflifeblog.com/2009/09/so-whats-polst-form.html'/><author><name>Jim deMaine, MD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15305598245850297381</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j61w9mIeHVE/SrljafcUANI/AAAAAAAABHQ/5-LkfU1ORBc/S220/Jim%27s+professionalphoto.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173095375385680490.post-8134815891900895768</id><published>2009-09-11T20:45:01.437-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T20:45:01.437-07:00</updated><title type='text'>As a person who teaches the law of trusts and esta...</title><content type='html'>As a person who teaches the law of trusts and estates, I find myself needing each year to talk about the legal side of physicians&amp;#39; directives, durable powers of attorney, and so forth.  It is very helpful to have you give your first person perspective on how these things look from a doctor&amp;#39;s point of view and, from what they tell you, the patient&amp;#39;s.  Thanks so much.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6173095375385680490/232041391209151428/comments/default/8134815891900895768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6173095375385680490/232041391209151428/comments/default/8134815891900895768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.endoflifeblog.com/2009/09/so-whats-polst-form.html?showComment=1252727101437#c8134815891900895768' title=''/><author><name>Tom Andrews</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.endoflifeblog.com/2009/09/so-whats-polst-form.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173095375385680490.post-232041391209151428' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6173095375385680490/posts/default/232041391209151428' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-791969992'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173095375385680490.post-5323176956666030751</id><published>2009-09-10T18:03:09.436-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T18:03:09.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for covering these issues and in a compelli...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for covering these issues and in a compelling, first person perspective sort of way, that I cannot.  I have added this blog to my related links at medicalfutility.blogspot.com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6173095375385680490/232041391209151428/comments/default/5323176956666030751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6173095375385680490/232041391209151428/comments/default/5323176956666030751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.endoflifeblog.com/2009/09/so-whats-polst-form.html?showComment=1252630989436#c5323176956666030751' title=''/><author><name>Thaddeus Mason Pope</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03559981121040578536</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08634569917853958531'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gDCm47cQcGM/SKX2HAj9wPI/AAAAAAAAAVM/VwWu1oprVao/S220/Thad+head+shot.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.endoflifeblog.com/2009/09/so-whats-polst-form.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173095375385680490.post-232041391209151428' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6173095375385680490/posts/default/232041391209151428' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1518829020'/></entry></feed>
