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A good life and good death: What is palliative care? A good life and good death: What is palliative care?

A good life and good death: What is palliative care?

Consumer Corner April 26, 2019 NPR 0

Few people would say they want to die while undergoing painful last-minute resuscitation or while hooked up to machines in a hospital. Yet it’s... A good life and good death: What is palliative care?

Few people would say they want to die while undergoing painful last-minute resuscitation or while hooked up to machines in a hospital. Yet it’s the death many Americans end up with. Now a palliative care doctor at the University of Southern California, Sunita Puri is fighting for an alternative.


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