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Doctors’ Words Influence End-of-Life Decisions Made By Patients’ Families

By Alexandra SifferlinMay 10, 20130

Making the decision to approve heroic measures to save a loved one’s life can be fraught with emotion, so anxious family members tend to turn to …

New, essential Guidelines for decision-making on treatment and end-of-life care

This major new work updates and significantly expands The Hastings Center’s 1987 Guidelines on the Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care of the Dying. Like its predecessor, this second edition …

Research roundup: Surgical care at critical access hospitals; Digging into the cost of emergency medicine; Getting what you want for end-of-life care
Published on May 4, 2013 at 1:42 PM·No Comments

Each week, KHN reporter Alvin Tran compiles a selection …

Vermont end-of-life bill heads to governor

Terri Hallenbeck, The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press12:07 a.m. EDT May 14, 2013

The Vermont House passes the measure approved by the Senate last week.

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Bill would give doctors, family and friends immunity …

As Nurse Lay Dying, Offering Herself as Instruction in Caring

Ms. Santiago said she was afraid of death. Ms. Elliot, having seen it in her job at a local hospital, was less troubled by it. She is a licensed practical …