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The 30% of Medicare spent on last-year-of-life care: let’s not forget we’re humans.

March 12, 2008
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The 30% of Medicare spent on last-year-of-life care: let’s not forget we’re humans.

This post is about health care costs — but let me digress into how end-of-life decision- making came onto my radar. A few years ago, as the Terri (Schindler) Schiavo tragedy played out during prime time, I went to see Bodyworlds, at a museum near the medical school downtown. While leaning over the light...

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