by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD In the summer we usually cover a basic topic for the early stage learners, i.e.the new crop of medical students, residents, and fellows. See prior posts about how to explain palliative care , how to explain palliative care and how to explain hospice . This year we address: How should we discuss code status? (And bacon). Context: New interns around the country are asking patients about code status on the day of admission to the hospital. Many of them are trying out language and approaches to these conversations for the first time. New palliative care fellows are trying out their own language. What are they saying? What should they be saying? To address this topic, we talk with Laura Petrillo, MD, a palliative medicine-physician researcher who trained at UCSF and is now faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital. We additionally have a live studio audience, including Anne Kelly, palliative social worker, Kai Romero, palliative medicine fello