Stanford Scientists Can Predict When A Loved One Will Die
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Richard has had Parkinson’s for more than two decades. He has been hospitalized several times this past year, and each time, his ability to swallow and other motor skills have regressed and have needed to be relearned through therapy. Since there is no cure for Parkinson’s and since Richard has had it for so long, the discharge nurse suggested that Richard’s wife should consider hospice care for her
husband.
Richard’s daughter and her husband were visiting from Boston and his daughter discussed the option of hospice with her mother. Therapy has worked in the past and has helped her father regain some of the skills he lost in the hospital. So, what if the same thing happens again and her father has more time than they think? On the other hand, if death is imminent and they know when it will happen, perhaps they
can go ahead with hospice care to make him feel more comfortable and his daughter can visit more often to spend more quality time with him.
Now, for people similar to Richard who have had an incurable illness, there may be a way to better pinpoint when someone will die, so that faster and better decisions could be made and more patient interaction with doctors could occur.
Stanford Uses Artificial Intelligence to Determine When Death Will Occur
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