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The American way of (denying) death

Financial Times
June 17 2011

Here in the US, efforts to reform end-of-life care quickly lead to concerns about “pulling the plug on grandma.” Dying is inevitable. Doctors are not divine; we cannot cure everyone. But the US healthcare system – which emphasises heroic interventions using advanced technologies – sometimes leads physicians to believe that death is a failure.

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Thanks to The Family Plot Blog for altering us to this article.

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