By Liz Szabo In the past four years, Bruce Mead-e has undergone two major surgeries, multiple rounds of radiation and chemotherapy to treat his lung ...
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LOS ANGELES — More times than she can count, Dr. Carin van Zyl has heard terminally ill patients beg to die. They tell her they can’t ...
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The good news is that we are living longer. The bad news is that the longer we live, the more likely it is that we ...
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Conversations about end-of-life care are difficult. But even though most people now take some steps to communicate their wishes, many may still receive more intensive ...
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By Jenny Gold Kaiser Health News The American health care system is poorly equipped to care sensitively for patients at the end of life, a recent ...
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