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Maiken Scott
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Host and Executive Producer, WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia
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By Maiken Scott Verified| WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA) Verified This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Imagine this scenario. A man, 87, is taken to the emergency room from a nursing home. He has a very serious respiratory infection and dementia. Doctors are trying to decide next steps for this patient and how invasive the treatment should be. Usually, they would call somebody to help guide the process, a family member, or somebody who’s named in a medical directive.
By Maiken Scott Verified| WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA) Verified This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Bad advice. That’s what Jenny Ahlstrom felt like her brother-in- law, David Ahlstrom, was getting, after he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive type of blood cancer, in 2004. For example, when he was hospitalized with respiratory distress related to his illness, his family was told he had just hours to live, and they should just let him go.
By Maiken Scott Verified| WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA) Verified This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Imagine this scenario. A man, 87, is taken to the emergency room from a nursing home. He has a very serious respiratory infection and dementia. Doctors are trying to decide next steps for this patient and how invasive the treatment should be. Usually, they would call somebody to help guide the process, a family member, or somebody who’s named in a medical directive.
Company Info
WHYY-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
+1 215-351-1200