Sentenced to death on the NHS - Telegraph

Daily Telegraph | Sep. 2, 2009 (News Analysis)

In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death. Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help doctors and medical staff deal with dying Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kelly Garrett - Sep 2, 2009 - 4:06 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kelly Garrett - Sep 3, 2009 - 11:28 AM PDT
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 by Kelly Garrett - Sep. 3, 2009

The primary source is a 200-word letter to the editor published almost simultaneously. Despite this shortcoming, this could become an important, if contested, bit of evidence in the US health care debate.

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