2012/08/29

driving up medical costs

Surgery at the End of Life

A study of hospital regions around the country found large differences in the use of surgery near the end of Medicare patients’ lives. Related Article »

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/06/us/surgery-at-the-end-of-life.html?ref=research


Frontline
Facing Death
(60 minutes) A powerful look at the reality of today's medicalized death. How far would you go to sustain a loved one's life, or your own? (Web site »)


The Long Goodbye
By JOE KLEIN Monday, June 11, 2012
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2116137,00.html#ixzz24vZ6adJv
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