Mariannereddit t1_j4yycon wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Family Dynamics and Doctors' Emotions Drive Useless End-of-Life Care. Surveys repeatedly indicate that nearly all people would rather die peacefully at home, yet painful, long-shot treatments remain common, and efforts to reduce usage have failed by Wagamaga
It’s important to talk about this topic beforehand. If anything bad will happen, will we resuscitate, go to icu, operate, iv meds, feeding tube, antibiotics etcetera. It will be confronting but talking about it will be harder for the doc sometimes than for the patient. It’s a skill you can learn and useful for a lot of doctors.
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