Dying Well End of Life Care A Question of Quality of Life or Exten
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Statistics show that nearly in the last year of their lives. Nearly a quarter of and over, $113 billion, was spent on treating patients during the same phase of life. Many physicians are now saying that the statistics do not reveal the amount of pain and suffering that many of these patients and their families live through. Some believe the emphasis should not be on aggressive medical treatment but instead on enhancing the quality of life in a person’s last days.
Gallery Stock Is aggressive medical treatment of elderly patients the best way for them to spend their last days This episode of features , chairman of the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, and , author and director of palliative care at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Emanuel discusses the current state of palliative treatment, while Byock talks about his new book, , and what can be done to change the culture of end-of-life care.
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Is aggressive medical treatment of elderly patients the best way for them to spend their last days
stated famously that the only certainties in the world are death and , but do both need to be drawn-out, painful affairs? Why are we so quick to accept that aggressive medical care is the best way to tackle terminal diseases? Are we choosing to live in pain and discomfort when that might only add a few months of life? See also: .More With Dr Ira Byock
Transforming medical care for the terminally ill and dying.()
Statistics show that nearly in the last year of their lives. Nearly a quarter of and over, $113 billion, was spent on treating patients during the same phase of life. Many physicians are now saying that the statistics do not reveal the amount of pain and suffering that many of these patients and their families live through. Some believe the emphasis should not be on aggressive medical treatment but instead on enhancing the quality of life in a person’s last days.
Gallery Stock Is aggressive medical treatment of elderly patients the best way for them to spend their last days This episode of features , chairman of the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, and , author and director of palliative care at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Emanuel discusses the current state of palliative treatment, while Byock talks about his new book, , and what can be done to change the culture of end-of-life care.
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