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26 July 2010

Letting Go: what should medicine do when it can’t save your life? Atul Gawande explores hospice medical care for dying patients.

post by: NucleophilicAttack at: 15:42 | 3 comments

This is very timely for me, given my dad's precarious condition. Thanks.

posted by dhartung 26 July | 22:50

I really like the Liverpool Care Pathway, and lots of hospitals here in the UK have adapted it.

posted by Wilder 27 July | 03:11

Overly long and repetitive article, but serious food for thought anyway. The sheer indignity of forced extension of life is one of the serious down-sides of medical advances. As the article says, it's important to know when to stop and even more important to remember this when it matters.

posted by dg 27 July | 06:41

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