HS 250 - Let's Talk End Of Life Care with Dr. Angelo Volandes

Dr. Angelo Volandes is a physician as well as the author of the new book The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care. Angelo is also the co-founder of Advance Care Planning Decisions, a non-profit foundation that aims to improve quality of care for heath care patients. Jason Hartman invites Angelo on the Holistic Survival show to talk about how to make the end of life process easier and why you should have the conversation with both your physician and family members about how you would like to be taken care of during the last moments of your life.    Key Takeaways: 1:50 – Most patients prefer to die at home with their friends and family around them.  5:00 – When CPR is performed on people suffering from a major illness, although they may live, very few regain back full heart functions.  8:40 – Doctors often assume you want everything unless you otherwise state so. 11:20 – Angelo has provided a short video to help people prepare themselves with the right end of life answers and to bring the conversation up with their doctor.  15:10 – Angelo explains why the health care system has done a horrible job with hospice.  17:05 – There's a shortage of government funding in the palliative and hospice fields.    Mentioned In This Episode: The Conversation by Dr. Angelo Volandes.  TheConversationBook.org AngeloVolandes.com