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Also, troubling side effects of the crackdown on prescription painkiller abuse, an easier choice near the end of life, and drug companies find a sneaky…
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Beginning next year, the federal government will conduct a five-year, 40-state experiment to determine whether there is a better way to help elderly…
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Starting back in medical school, oncologist Anthony Back observed a disconnect between the way doctors talked to terminal patients about next steps, and…
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Palmer Gaetano served in the army in France and Belgium World during War II. The 92-year old now lives in a hospice facility in Spencerport, near his…
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A program in Hawaii aims to reduce the number of older people who spend their final days of life in a hospital. Hawaii has one of the highest rates of hospital deaths for those over age 65 in the U.S.
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As the generation that served in World War II and Korea grows older, the demand on the Department of Veterans Affairs for end-of-life care is growing with them. Now, the VA is trying new ways to help.
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“Another possible change in health policy now, the Medicare system is considering starting to pay doctors for their time to they spend counseling patients…
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Doctors at Duke University Hospital have developed a new collaborative model in cancer care that reduced the rates at which patients were sent to…
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The doctor and patient sat in comfortable leather armchairs, facing each other onstage in the School of Medicine’s Berg Hall. Timothy Quill, MD, a…
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http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/030914_2.mp3According to Medicare guidelines, patients enrolled in hospice care receive funding for only six…