Doctors may treat dying patients for too long
UK – Inquiry into end-of-life care finds some doctors carry on giving treatment to dying patients because of pressure
UK – Inquiry into end-of-life care finds some doctors carry on giving treatment to dying patients because of pressure
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn’t matter whether you were five or fifty – every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mortal.
LA – There is one word most doctors hate to say: Dying. Many of them will go to great lengths — even subterfuge — to avoid it. Sure, nobody likes to deliver bad news. But shouldn’t physicians have mastered that? In a recent study