From Who Moved My Dentures:
In a follow up to yesterday’s guest post about end of life care and the engagement of health care providers comes this. The March 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine reports that patients with advanced cancer who discuss end-of-life care with their physicians appear to have lower health care costs in the final week of life than those who do not....
I am not saying that physicians and health care staff should sustain relationships with their patients after all hope is exhausted because it might imply lower health care costs. They should stay engaged because it is the right thing to do. That said some of the end of life decisions should be made by all of us well before we get sick. That requires having a living will and assigning durable medical power of attorney....
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In a follow up to yesterday’s guest post about end of life care and the engagement of health care providers comes this. The March 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine reports that patients with advanced cancer who discuss end-of-life care with their physicians appear to have lower health care costs in the final week of life than those who do not....
I am not saying that physicians and health care staff should sustain relationships with their patients after all hope is exhausted because it might imply lower health care costs. They should stay engaged because it is the right thing to do. That said some of the end of life decisions should be made by all of us well before we get sick. That requires having a living will and assigning durable medical power of attorney....
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