Word: knaus
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...were stunned to find that it didn't make a bit of difference," says Knaus. "The tools that experts thought would work didn't." The reasons, suggests Lynn, are ingrained in our society. "Physicians are taught to save lives, that death is failure," she says. "Patients and families have come to expect miracles in every case. No one wants to give up too soon...
...fundamental than improved communication: a hard look at a medical culture in which doctors have access to splendid life-saving technology and feel obligated both morally and legally to use it. "We have to recognize that there are alternatives to extending life hooked up to high-tech machines," concludes Knaus. "And we have to think creatively to help patients craft the best way for them to live their last days...
...pain and suffering. That is the disturbing conclusion of a massive study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "There is a tragic mismatch between the health care many seriously ill people want and what they get," says the University of Virginia's Dr. William Knaus, co-director of the study. "We don't know when or how to stop...