Flying with a Compass Goals of Care in the Perioperative Setting

I met VC in an inpatient progress note. I felt I was standing by the window, watching the attending on rounds come and sit by the bed of this dying retired family doctor. I could almost hear the pleasant, unhurried conversation about VC ’s life and what he wanted from what remained of it. The note immortalized in the electronic health record was written with poetic brevity and it was the most beautiful, succinct, and thorough description of goals of care I’d ever seen.
Source: Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research