Re: Deficient End-of-Life Care Standards and Expansion of Options
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Re: Deficient End-of-Life Care Standards and Expansion of Options
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Sylvia, This is a great topic. I agree that too many people are dying in hospitals. I did read a statistic once that said more then 60% of the population would want to die at home yet as your numbers show they do not. This has a lot to do with family members making the choice for the patients. Home hospice care is difficult on families of the terminally ill. Many people find themselves ill equipped to manage this care. While it is mandated that patients have end of life care addressed it is often not the case. Many patients go on not realizing that there are other options besides continuing medical care. It is not in the american psyche that it is ok to allow for a natural death. This is a great topic to try to tackle and you make a great, well rounded argument that something needs to change. I don’t know if I have any suggestions on how to improve your argument besides possibly bringing in personal experiences to grip the emotions of your reader and creating a urgency for more dialog. That being said the topic itself stirs up emotion in me already. Great topic look forward to hearing of some possible solutions.
Sylvia, this is a very well argued problem memo. You did an excellent job incorporating arguments regarding economic impact, patient satisfaction, systemic inefficiencies, and quality of care. This is a complex topic, and I very much look forward to reading your policy proposal!