End-of-life specialists are 'psychoanalysts,' 'detectives'
(NEWSER) - With so many up in arms about “death panel” rumors, the New York Times paints a picture of real-life palliative care providers, or end-of-life consultants. The Times follows one specialist in a field that requires its doctors to be “part psychoanalyst, part detective,” writes Anemona Hartocollis: He’s fine-tuned to take cues from patients as to how to provide the most comfortable last days possible—by discussing everything from what gives them strength (shopping, said one woman) to where they want to die. More»
