Publications by authors named "Mark Kummer"
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- - The article focuses on creating web-based decision aids for youth with type 1 diabetes and their parents, aimed at helping them choose between insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring.
- - It involved qualitative interviews with parents, adolescents, and healthcare providers to shape the content and design of these decision aids, supported by experts in children's health media and web development.
- - The next step is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of these decision aids compared to standard clinical practices.
This white paper, prepared by a working group of the Catholic Medical Association, provides a commentary on a new type of end-of-life document called a POLST form (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) as well as on its model (or "paradigm") for implementation across the United States. After an introductory section reviewing the origin, goals, and standard defenses of the POLST paradigm and form, the paper offers a critical analysis of POLST, including an analysis of the risks that POLST poses to sound clinical and ethical decision-making. The paper ends with several recommendations to help Catholic healthcare professionals and institutions better address the challenges of end-of-life care with alternatives to POLST.
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