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end-of-life options
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End-of-life care at odds with patient wishes
Highlighting the need for better physician-patient communication, most end-of-life wishes for Californians differ from what actually occurs, according to a California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF)
CA may require MDs to explain end-of-life options
Under a new measure approved this week by state legislators, physicians who diagnose a patient with a terminal illness would be required to tell them right away about their right to refuse or
CA bill would require discussion of end-of-life options
A new measure is under consideration in the California state Senate that would require doctors there to discuss a variety of end-of-life options with terminally ill patients--or refer patients to
