Man in Vegetative State Kept on Life Support for a Year to Boost Hospital’s Transplant Survival Rates
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Q. I just read a very disturbing article about Darryl Young, a 61 year old Navy veteran who was kept on life support for a year while in a vegetative state. Members of the medical staff didn’t offer options such as hospice care to his family because they wanted to make sure Young lived at least a year after his surgery to boost their survival rates for organ transplant patients. Can this type of thing
be avoided if you have a Health Care Power of Attorney in place and leave clear instructions about what to do if you are on life support?
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Critter Corner: Virginia and Washington, DC Both Earn ‘A’ on National Palliative Care Report Card
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I recently read that the state of Virginia and Washington, DC both received an ‘A’ grade for their palliative care offerings. Can you explain the difference between palliative care, hospice care, and end-of-life care?
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