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2011 December | Sam Devol

"If the fans don't wanna come out to the ballpark, no one can stop 'em."
Yogi Berra

Sam Devol

Running with Scissors

End of Life Decisions, Planning

Sam

Posted in December 10th, 2011

Published in Uncategorized

Tagged with: death † end of life † medical † quality of life

Good article describing remarkable differences in how people in the medical field view treatment for life-threatening illness: How Doctors Die « Zócalo Public Square It turns out they often don’t make the same decisions that are recommended to patients, and appear to place much higher value on quality-of-life factors.

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