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NEWS ABOUT: hospice

hospice stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

Dying Doc:
Don't Keep
Me Alive

ALS patient explains why he chooses quality of life over quantity

Jul 27, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Martin Welsh considers himself a lucky man, with a loving family and innumerable friends. “Life has been truly wonderful,” the 55-year-old doctor writes in the Los Angeles Times. But soon, that life will end, and he doesn’t want his doctors to do anything to prolong it.... More »

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living will • Lou Gehrig's disease • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis • ALS • end of life care • hospice • terminal illness

Terminally Ill Patients Avoid Hospice Talk

Doctors, poorly trained in breaking bad news, also procrastinate

May 26, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors and patients are prone to procrastinate when it comes to tough end-of-life decisions, according to a Harvard study. Researchers found that only about half of the 1,517 terminal lung cancer patients surveyed had discussed hospice with their doctors within four to seven months of their diagnosis. Hospice care... More »

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health care costs • Harvard Medical School • hospice • doctors • terminal illness

 Doyenne Dies in 
 Style at NY Hotel 

Marie-Dennett McDill spent her last 10 weeks at the Carlyle, a place she loved

Oct 22, 08 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - When 71-year-old Marie-Dennett McDill learned she had terminal cancer, her children checked her into her beloved Carlyle Hotel, the Times reports. McDill stayed at her favorite swanky locale in NYC under 24-hour hospice care for her last 10 weeks. She took daily walks in Central Park and camped out... More »

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cancer • New York City • death • hospice • Hotel Carlyle • Marie-Dennet McDill

Slow Medicine Lets Elderly Go More Gracefully

Approach prefers less aggressive stance in fighting signs of aging

May 5, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a medical culture seemingly aimed at reviving and resuscitating, the slow medicine approach instead allows elderly patients to weigh the risks and burdens of treatment against the likelihood that it will significantly extend their lives. For many seniors, the philosophy offers the freedom to choose comfort over cure, dying... More »

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health care • nursing homes • death • old age • eldercare • end of life care • geriatric medicine • hospice

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