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