Listen "Choice Framing in ICU Goals of Care Meetings"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Dr. Sergio Zanotti discusses the application of behavioral economics to clinical practice, specifically choice framing in ICU goals-of-care Meetings. He is joined by Dr. Joanna Hart, a pulmonary critical care physician and assistant professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She is also a core faculty member of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center and is affiliated with the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.
Additional Resources:
Clinician’s Use of Choice Framing in ICU Family Meetings. Joanna L Hart et al. Crit Care Med 2024: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38912880/
Using Default Options and Other Nudges to Improve Critical Care. Scott Halpern. Crit Care Med 2019: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5826616/
Books mentioned in this episode:
Demon Copperhead. By Barbara Kingsolver: https://bit.ly/4hYCqQv
Thinking Fast and Slow. By Daniel Kahneman: https://bit.ly/4i3eknK
Nudge. By Richard H. Thaler, et al.: https://bit.ly/3YUqxlG
Additional Resources:
Clinician’s Use of Choice Framing in ICU Family Meetings. Joanna L Hart et al. Crit Care Med 2024: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38912880/
Using Default Options and Other Nudges to Improve Critical Care. Scott Halpern. Crit Care Med 2019: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5826616/
Books mentioned in this episode:
Demon Copperhead. By Barbara Kingsolver: https://bit.ly/4hYCqQv
Thinking Fast and Slow. By Daniel Kahneman: https://bit.ly/4i3eknK
Nudge. By Richard H. Thaler, et al.: https://bit.ly/3YUqxlG
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