Knowing How Doctors Die Can Change End-Of-Life Discussions
Knowing How Doctors Die Can Change End-Of-Life Discussions Enlarge this image toggle caption Maya Sugarman/KPCC Maya Sugarman/KPCC Dr. Kendra Fleagle Gorlitsky recalls the anguish she felt performing CPR on elderly, terminally ill patients. The essay, "How Doctors Die," told the world that doctors are more likely to die at home with less aggressive care than most people get at the end of their lives. "I fit with the vast majority of physicians that want to have a gentle death and don't want extraordinary measures taken when they have no meaning," Murray says. Enlarge this image toggle caption Maya Sugarman/KPCC Maya Sugarman/KPCC One reason for the disconnect, says Dr. Babak Goldman, is that too few doctors are trained to talk about death with patients.
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