Let’s talk about it – communicating with your medical team and loved ones about serious illness
Natasha Lever, NP and Eliza Curtis, LICSW
September 23, 2021
Drs. Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth and Dara Lee Lewis welcome two outstanding BWH colleagues Natasha Leven, NP and Eliza Curtis LICSW to discuss the challenges of talking about advanced illness. We have all faced these difficult conversations and we will face them again. How can we do it better?
Resources:
QPL Baseline- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CcqoY6Bq11PeEbdbnJF0yhsNW2YsWx4S/view
Conversation Starter Guide- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qWjzZ59OtPz-9pQ0CKOr7OzSYK649wNT/view
Five Wishes- https://drive.google.com/file/d/14j43D2699vLovAF502DmWoVpFDFLVC1H/view?usp=sharing
https://theconversationproject.org/
https://www.joincake.com/
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