Personal Health: Know the Hard Choices Prolonging Life Entails

Before making an advance directive, talk with your doctor and your caregiver about just how far end-of-life care should go at the cost of comfort. [Source]

Publication Date: Monday, 9 February 2015 at 13:45:34

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Personal Health

Topics: comfort, should, end-of-life, caregiver, doctor, directive, advance, making, Before, Entails, Prolonging, Choices, Health, Personal

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