Comments on: Why it’s so difficult to die in an American hospital http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/why-its-so-difficult-to-die-in-american.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christian Sinclair, MDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/why-its-so-difficult-to-die-in-american.html#comment-89278 Christian Sinclair, MD Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/why-its-so-difficult-to-die-in-an-american-hospital.html#comment-89278 <a HREF="http://www.pallimed.org/2009/01/wapo-on-death-in-america.html" REL="nofollow">We touched on this at Pallimed as well.</a><br/><br/>Our current medicalization of dying does have a lot to do with the choices we make and the avoidance of wanting to address anything that may be bad. The answer is quite complex but I am concerned that increasing limited health care dollars will make this gentle transition to a broader acceptance of dying a hard one.<br/><br/>Thanks for highlighting this article Kevin! We touched on this at Pallimed as well.

Our current medicalization of dying does have a lot to do with the choices we make and the avoidance of wanting to address anything that may be bad. The answer is quite complex but I am concerned that increasing limited health care dollars will make this gentle transition to a broader acceptance of dying a hard one.

Thanks for highlighting this article Kevin!

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/why-its-so-difficult-to-die-in-american.html#comment-89276 Anonymous Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/why-its-so-difficult-to-die-in-an-american-hospital.html#comment-89276 Great article. Great article.

]]> By: thecountrydocreporthttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/01/why-its-so-difficult-to-die-in-american.html#comment-89271 thecountrydocreport Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2009/01/why-its-so-difficult-to-die-in-an-american-hospital.html#comment-89271 I was recently at a hospital meeting where I learned the hospital's "stats' were being hurt because we had started to do more and more palliative and end-of-life care. This has raised our observed mortality greater than what our expected would be. Just shows how deep into our culture and systems we've built in this fight death at all costs mentality. I was recently at a hospital meeting where I learned the hospital’s “stats’ were being hurt because we had started to do more and more palliative and end-of-life care. This has raised our observed mortality greater than what our expected would be. Just shows how deep into our culture and systems we’ve built in this fight death at all costs mentality.

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