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shnnn73 t1_j4v9bbj wrote
Reply to comment by subcuriousgeorge in Family Dynamics and Doctors' Emotions Drive Useless End-of-Life Care. Surveys repeatedly indicate that nearly all people would rather die peacefully at home, yet painful, long-shot treatments remain common, and efforts to reduce usage have failed by Wagamaga
ICU RN…. We also wish people would go on hospice sooner! Unfortunately, it almost always comes down to patient and family decisions. Some families have a very difficult time accepting end of life news.
A patient can be 95 with a very low quality of life and families will insist on keeping them alive as along as possible.
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Reply to comment by plinocmene in Family Dynamics and Doctors' Emotions Drive Useless End-of-Life Care. Surveys repeatedly indicate that nearly all people would rather die peacefully at home, yet painful, long-shot treatments remain common, and efforts to reduce usage have failed by Wagamaga
Decide what you consider “living”. For me and my family, living in a long term care with a tracheostomy and feeding tube unable to get out of bed and 100% dependent on caregivers is not actually “living”. It’s a very prolonged death that’s also very physically uncomfortable.
It is a very large, very grey area.