Getting Loved Ones the End-of-life Care They Deserve
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Q. My mother is in her 80’s and has been in the hospital several times this year with pneumonia and urinary tract infections and has been suffering with Parkinson’s for decades. There have been times when I’ve visited her and a doctor hadn’t been in in a couple of days, other times when she is passed out from a sedative they gave her when there was probably no need for one, and still other times where
they are suggesting surgeries that I don’t even think she’d survive in her weakened condition (I’m not a doctor myself, but anyone who sees my mother can tell she is very ill).
I recently read an article by a Harvard-educated physician whose father was in his 90’s and also very ill. In his situation, other doctors at the hospital were suggesting surgery for his father, although similar to my mother, he likely would not have made it through. Even Dr. Emanuel had a difficult time advocating for his father and thwarting the medical system’s costly, unnecessary, and unwanted
interventions. It got so bad that he had to unplug his father and take him home. If he couldn’t advocate for his loved one at the hospital, how can an average Joe like me be successful? How can I get my mother the end-of-life care she desires and deserves?
Critter Corner: Plan Ahead to Live Longer
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I read somewhere that if you plan ahead for the end of life that you will live longer. Is this true?
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