Living wills and advanced directives with Dan Morhaim, MD | Moving Medicine

AMA CXO Todd Unger is joined by Dan Morhaim, MD, an emergency medicine physician in Maryland and author of the book "Preparing for A Better End", to discuss advance directives (also known as living wills) in preparation for National Healthcare Decision Day #NHDD on April 16.

0:00 AMA Moving Medicine for April 14, 2022
0:59 Advanced directives during the COVID-19 pandemic
1:48 How have you seen the absence of an advance directive play a role in both patient and families experience with critical illness?
3:05 What scenarios are covered by advance directives?
4:31 National Healthcare Decisions Day #NHDD
5:39 Should you update your living will every year?
7:55 How to talk to patients about advance directives
10:35 How can the ER tell if you have an advanced directive?
11:55 Where can someone create a living will?
12:38 Why is it so important to spread the word on advanced directives?