end of life

Is It Time to Rethink End-of-Life Decisions and Care?

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Is It Time to Rethink End-of-Life Decisions and Care?

By Judith Graham Thursday, January 06, 2022 (Kaiser News) — For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill — living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders, and other written materials expressing treatment preferences. Now, a group of prominent experts is saying those efforts should stop because they haven’t … Read more

End-of-Life Care Specialists Get Creative During COVID-19

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End-of-Life Care Specialists Get Creative During COVID-19

Nov. 1, 2021 — In pre-pandemic times, end-of-life care professionals tried to make sure loved ones were at the bedside when a patient had only hours or days to live. Like many aspects of medicine, COVID-19 upended that ritual, leaving many people to die alone in isolation, restricted to one visitor for an hour or … Read more