Psychosocial Assessment Rather Than Severity of Liver Failure Dominates Selection for Liver Transplantation in Patients With Alcohol‐Related Liver Disease

Kimberly E. Daniel, Lindsay A. Matthews, Nimrod Deiss‐Yehiely, Jaime Myers, Maureen Garvey, John P. Rice, Jens Eickhoff, Michael R. Lucey – 30 September 2021 – The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant (SIPAT) is a validated interview tool to assess psychosocial well‐being in candidates for solid organ transplants, with higher scores indicating greater vulnerability.

LiverLearning®: 2021 Webinar: Promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Communication Near the End of Life

The purpose of this webinar is to present strategies to approach patient and family communication near the end-of-life in the setting of advanced liver disease with a focus on issues related to equity, diversity and inclusion. Patients with advanced liver disease experience high symptom burden, emotional distress, and prognostic uncertainty which makes them particularly vulnerable to suboptimal end-of-life care.

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