End-of-life decisions can be challenging and emotionally charged.
It encompasses aspects such as advance directives, palliative care, hospice options, and the role of healthcare proxies.
Description:
Survey results: patients have misconceptions even after discussions:
CPR survival estimated to be 70% (in reality is 10%-15%)
26% could not identify features of CPR
37% thought ventilated patients could talk
20% thought ventilators were O2 tanks
20% thought people on ventilators were in a coma