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Podcast: The ONS Podcast
Episode: Episode 277: Futility in Care: How to Advocate for Your Patients and Prevent Ethical Distress
Description: "One of the things about futility is many people will say, 'Oh this is futile care,' when what they really mean is, 'Who in their right mind would want this?' or 'I would never ever want this,' and that's different. That's not futile care. That's potentially inappropriate care. And sometimes that's the big step for folks," Lucia D. Wocial, PhD, RN, FAAN, HEC-C, senior clinical ethicist in the John J. Lynch Center for Ethics at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS®, manager of oncology nursing practice at O...