Charles Lane - House Health-Care Reform Bill Oversteps on End-of-Life Issues - washingtonpost.com:
About a third of Americans have living wills or advance-care directives expressing their wishes for end-of-life treatment. When seniors who don't have them arrive in a hospital terminally ill and incapacitated, families and medical workers wrestle with uncertainty -- while life-prolonging machinery runs, often at Medicare's expense. This has consequences for families and for the federal budget."
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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