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"The American Way of End-of-Life Care"
Manage episode 225059807 series 2162136
Lifespan host Jackie Wolf’s mother died of lung cancer in 2010. In this episode of Lifespan, she uses the story of her mother’s illness and death as an example of end-of-life care in the United States. The American approach to end-of-life care is often characterized by futile treatment at enormous cost. It also tends to favor quantity over quality of life.
To read the article Jackie co-wrote with her brother, visit:
https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/articles/the-lake-wobegon-effect-are-all-cancer-patients-above-average/
24 episodi
Manage episode 225059807 series 2162136
Lifespan host Jackie Wolf’s mother died of lung cancer in 2010. In this episode of Lifespan, she uses the story of her mother’s illness and death as an example of end-of-life care in the United States. The American approach to end-of-life care is often characterized by futile treatment at enormous cost. It also tends to favor quantity over quality of life.
To read the article Jackie co-wrote with her brother, visit:
https://www.milbank.org/quarterly/articles/the-lake-wobegon-effect-are-all-cancer-patients-above-average/
24 episodi
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