The Influence of Hospital Policies on Clinicians’ Decisions to Withhold or Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment 

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Originally aired: December 1, 2025 

CHEST December 2025, Volume 168, Issue 6

Gina M. Piscitello, MD, and Katrina E. Hauschildt, PhD, BCPA, join CHEST^® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss their research into the ways that and extent to which hospital policies influence clinician approaches to decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment among patients admitted to an ICU.

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Moderator
Gretchen Winter, MD  

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