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Daniel Johnson MD FAAHPM
Daniel Johnson is a palliative-care physician and director of Life Quality Institute in Denver, Colorado.
Let’s talk about death: End-of-life decisions
It’s tempting to blame partisan politics for last summer’s debacle over “death panels” and the very idea of doctors and patients holding conversations about the end of life. But the truth is: these conversations are difficult. Although some people welcome them, others approach the subject of death cautiously. Many of us would rather not explore what awaits us in the final years or weeks of life. Perhaps this reluctance explains why only one in five Americans has completed an advance directive for medical care.
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