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    Family Of Colorado's First Victim Tried To Provide A Good Death At A Distance

    Apr 05, 2020
    Retired Denver lawyer Mike Farley, 87, sensed he wasn't going to make it. His family said dying alone was hard for him, but he was able to say his goodbyes over video calls.
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    Patients Want To Die At Home, But Home Hospice Care Can Be Tough On Families

    Jan 21, 2020
    The for-profit hospice industry has grown, allowing more Americans to die at home. But few family members realize that "hospice care" still means they'll do most of the physical and emotional work.
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    From 2012 through 2016, federal health inspectors cited 87% of U.S. hospices for deficiencies. And 20% had lapses serious enough to endanger patients, according to two new reports from the HHS Inspector General's Office.
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    HHS Inspector General Finds Serious Flaws In 20% Of U.S. Hospice Programs

    Jul 08, 2019
    Two new reports from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have found widespread problems in hospice care and say the government needs to open its scorecards on hospice care to the public.
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    Palliative care is a growing specialty that provides comfort care and that teaches patients and doctors how to talk about patients' goals for life with serious disease — and how to prepare for a good ending.
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    A Good Life And A Good Death: What Is Palliative Care?

    Apr 25, 2019
    In That Good Night, palliative care doctor Sunita Puri shares insights from her years caring for patients with serious illness. She sees her role as an advocate and ally — every step of the way.
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    Belmont University's nursing program started hiring actors like Vickie James to help with their end-of-life simulations for students.
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    Morphine, And A Side Of Grief Counseling: Nursing Students Learn How To Handle Death

    Jan 19, 2019
    Research has found that university curriculum often goes light on one of life's universal experiences — dying. So some colleges have gone to new lengths to make the training more meaningful.
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    Ron Fleming, who served as a door gunner<strong> </strong>on helicopters in the Vietnam War, was admitted to the veterans hospital in San Francisco recently because of an asthma attack. Fleming has PTSD, but told his doctors he doesn't want to take medic
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    Reverberations Of War Complicate Vietnam Veterans' End-Of-Life Care

    Dec 16, 2017
    For Vietnam veterans who have lived a lifetime with the memories of war, what some say they want in death is often more nuanced and complicated than a civilian's desire.
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    A recent study shows a link between high discharge rates for live patients and hospice profit margins.
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    Nearly 1 In 5 Hospice Patients Discharged While Still Alive

    Aug 11, 2017
    The hospices that discharge the most patients before their death also make the most money, a recent study shows.
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    As baby boomers age, more older Americans are visiting the emergency room, which can be an overcrowded, disorienting and even traumatic place.
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    Can Comfort Care At The ER Help Older People Live Longer And Suffer Less?

    May 26, 2017
    Many older patients have problems that an emergency room is ill-equipped to handle, but often there is nowhere else to go. So some hospitals are adding palliative care consultants to the front lines.
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    Chinchar (left) is now 77. He told nurse Sheri Juan he never expected to live into old age. In his family, he said, "you're an old-timer if you make 60."
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    For Some, Pre-Hospice Care Can Be A Good Alternative To Hospitals

    Apr 28, 2017
    Through home visits, very ill people get help with pain, stress and symptoms. Medical centers, initially skeptical, now embrace the program because it helps patients and makes financial sense.
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    Why Immortality Is Overrated

    Feb 04, 2017
    Before a health crisis hits, think deeply about the care you want and what you'd like to avoid. Make sure your family and your doctor understand your wishes, says John Henning Schumann.
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    Dr. Haider Warraich has written medical and opinion pieces for <em>The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal</em> and <em>The Atlantic.</em>
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    Doctor Considers The Pitfalls Of Extending Life And Prolonging Death

    Jan 30, 2017
    In Modern Death, Dr. Haider Warraich says a slow dying process, during which patients move in and out of hospitals or nursing homes, is a "very recent development in our history as a species."
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    Debbie Ziegler holds a photo of her late daughter, Brittany Maynard, while speaking to the media in September after the passage of California's End Of Life Option Act. Maynard was an advocate for the law.
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    California To Permit Medically Assisted Suicide As Of June 9

    Mar 10, 2016
    Terminally ill Californians will legally be able to get medicine from doctors to end their own lives. The end of the state's special legislative session Thursday made it official.
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    Dr. Carin van Zyl talks to patient Jose Garcia Flores about his treatment options for his advanced stage colon cancer in October.
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    A Palliative Care Doctor Weighs California's New Aid-In-Dying Law

    Jan 04, 2016
    This year, California becomes the fifth state to legalize lethal drug prescriptions for terminally ill patients. Renee Montagne talks to Carin van Zyl, a palliative care doctor, about the options.
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    A palliative care physician visits an HIV-positive patient who lost her family to the AIDS epidemic. She's resting on a mat outside her home.
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    How Uganda Came To Earn High Marks For Quality Of Death

    Jan 03, 2016
    It took a British doc, a simple recipe for liquid morphine and a lot of re-education.
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    Dr. Odontuya Davaasuren, right, says that a good death is "being comfortable, being with loved people, listening to good words. Even an unconscious person listens, because hearing stops last."
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    How One Woman Changed The Way People Die In Mongolia

    Nov 05, 2015
    When Dr. Odontuya Davaasuren saw how much her father and mother suffered, she was determined to bring palliative care to her homeland.
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    Having a loved one take at least two weeks off work increased the likelihood that terminally ill cancer patients could die at home.
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    To Die At Home, It Helps To Have Someone Who Can Take Time Off Work

    Oct 09, 2015
    A lot of things can affect whether a person can die at home as wished rather than in a hospital. One is whether a relative is able to take more than a few days off work to care for them.
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    Theresa Brown is a critical care nurse in Pittsburgh. Her previous book is <em>Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between.</em>
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    A Nurse Reflects On The Privilege Of Caring For Dying Patients

    Sep 28, 2015
    Palliative care nurse Theresa Brown provides in-home, end-of-life care to patients. "It's incredible the love that people evoke" at the end of their lives, she says. Brown's new book is The Shift.
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    Christy O'Donnell, who has advanced lung cancer, is one of several California patients suing for the right to get a doctor's help with prescription medicine to end their own lives if and when they feel that's necessary.
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    California Judge Throws Out Lawsuit On Medically Assisted Suicide

    Jul 24, 2015
    The superior court judge says questions raised in the case should be decided by legislatures or voters, not the court. The terminally ill plaintiffs say they'll appeal his decision.
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    Dr. David Casarett directs the hospice and palliative care program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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    When Weed Is The Cure: A Doctor's Case for Medical Marijuana

    Jul 14, 2015
    Dr. David Casarett used to think of medical marijuana as "a joke." But after taking a deeper look, he's changed his mind. Casarett's new book is Stoned: A Doctor's Case for Medical Marijuana.
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    In the movie <em>The Fault in Our Stars</em>, having terminal cancer doesn't look so bad for Hazel, played by Shailene Woodley, and Gus, played by Ansel Elgort.
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    Teens Dying Of Cancer Face Intensive Treatments In The Final Days

    Jul 09, 2015
    Young cancer patients are more likely than older adult patients to be hospitalized or get chemo in the month before death, a study finds. Talking about end-of-life wishes is crucial, researchers say.
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    Hawaii ranks 49th in the nation for use of home health care services during the last six months of someone's life. Videos from ACP Decisions show patients what their options are at the end of life.
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    Videos On End-Of-Life Choices Ease Tough Conversation

    Mar 29, 2015
    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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    Palliative medicine physician Michael Fratkin gets off a plane after visiting a patient on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. He's recently launched a startup to support this kind of work.
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    Rural Doctor Launches Startup To Ease Pain Of Dying Patients

    Jan 03, 2015
    Getting basic health care to rural areas has always been difficult, and delivering specialized care even harder. One doctor is raising money to bring palliative care to patients in rural California.
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