by Rohin Francis, MBBS, Medlife Crisis Modern technology has blurred the lines of life and…
How to Make Doctors Think About Death
Opinion piece by Theresa Brown, hospice nurse. New York Times, April 27, 2019
A hospice nurses argues that lack of time is the main cause of over treatment at end of life. She suggests the development of end-of-life treatment guidelines.
“Such guidelines exist for a host of conditions: cardiac arrest, diabetes, depression. Though they can be controversial — viewed as too restrictive in some cases, in other instances too loose — they set a bar for an appropriate course of care.”
read more about end-of-life treatment guidelines.
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