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Archive for the ‘Hospice’ Category
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Even Doctors Don’t Talk About Death Enough, Says Geriatric Physician
Death and taxes. Both are certain, but we have a strange habit of pretending they're not—until the deadline comes.
For example, do you know what your aging parents want done if a life-or-death crisis hits? Many people don't. And doctors play a...
Friday, October 15th, 2010
End-of-Life Care Costs Continue to Climb Upward
By Anne Harding for Reuters
Health care costs at the end of life show no signs of leveling off, according to new research from the United States and Canada published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
But other trends over the past decade,...
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Earlier Hospice Care Urged for Terminal Prostate Cancer
By Alan Mozes for HealthDay
Waiting too late means less benefit for patients, families, experts suggest
Most American men who are dying of prostate cancer are slow to take advantage of the end-of-life services available through hospice care, new...
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