Letting Go
What should medicine do when it can’t save your life?
Modern medicine is good at staving off death with aggressive interventions—and bad at knowing when to focus, instead, on improving the days that terminal patients have left...People have concerns besides simply prolonging their lives. Surveys of patients with terminal illness find that their top priorities include, in addition to avoiding suffering, being with family, having the touch of others, being mentally aware, and not becoming a burden to others. ... Full Story »
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Ministers sometimes facilitate these conversations. This article will help me in future with that work. And, I don't need to figure out whether to bill Medicare or not.