Word: dies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over, we've got the appeal... I will die before my son spends any more time in jail than...
Unfortunately, the American system of end-of-life care is broken, and positive experiences with death are the exception rather than the rule. Statistics and clinical studies indicate that you will probably die alone, in pain and receiving aggressive medical treatment unjustified by likely benefits. A high-tech, high-cost, hospital death will most likely leave your family emotionally and literally impoverished...
...life expectancy in America was 47 years. Antibiotics were unknown, and death often took place in the family presence, with most people dying at home. Now, with life expectancy climbing past 75, largely due to rapid medical and technological advances, we are able to live long enough to die from slow chronic killers such as cancer and heart disease...
Second, never before have so many of us been so old. Currently, one in eight Americans is over 65 years old and in another half-century, 1 in 5 Americans will be over 65. The end result of these factors is that the number of people who die annually, and thus face these difficult decisions, is only going to rise...
Another problematic area is pain management. The SUPPORT study found that over a third of terminally ill hospital patients die in pain, often because of poor pain assessment and lack of knowledge among physicians about various drug therapies...