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Things You Didn’t Know About Death

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1. Dr. Jason, on August 10, 2011 at 12:36 PM said:

   Predicting Death

   One of the toughest jobs a physician has is imparting bad news, and it is crucial for a physician to be able to predict death accurately when informing a patient. Despite various models developed to predict mortality, the evidence suggests that physicians perform poorly in this area.

   http://physiciansmoneydigest.com/your-practice/Predicting-Death

   Dr. Jason

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2. Clare, on August 11, 2011 at 11:54 AM said:

   Medical Errors and the Death Penalty?

   What the death penalty has to do with medical errors?

   Here is a fascinating, beautifully-written article on a death penalty granted to a most likely innocent man, with interesting details on fire dynamics and the history of the judicial system pertaining to the death penalty.

   http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/08/death-penalty-medical-errors.html

   Clare

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3. Melinda, on August 19, 2011 at 5:04 PM said:

   More About The Death Penalty

   The American public has grown slightly more uneasy about capital punishment over time, but more than 60 percent still support the death penalty.

   http://www.infographicsarchive.com/politics/changing-attitudes-about-the-death-penalty/

   Source: Brought to you by GOOD and Column Five Media.

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4. Laura, on August 29, 2011 at 5:48 PM said:

   Funerals for the Unclaimed?

   Rest in peace [RIP]. These words are a common theme at funerals honoring loved ones. But, did you klnow that many people die with no one claiming their bodies?

   http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/08/hold-funerals-unclaimed-dead-bodies.html

   Laura

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5. Karen, on September 28, 2011 at 11:35 PM said:

   End-of-Life Discussions Do Not Affect Survival Rates

   Discussing and documenting patients’ preferences for care at the end of life does not cause them any harm, contrary to recent claims.

   For example, a new study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that patients who talk with their physicians about end-of-life care and have an advance directive in their medical record have similar survival rates as patients who do not have these discussions and documents.

   http://thielst.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/09/end-of-life-discussions-do-not-affect-survival-rates.html

   Karen

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6. Hope Rachel Hetico RN MHA, on December 11, 2011 at 12:31 AM said:

   RIP … the Autopsy

   Once, the autopsy was a venerated tool for medical advancement and humility. An invaluable means of learning one’s own limitations and the extraordinary diversity in nature and human physiology, it has now become an un-reimbursed after-thought.

   An irrelevant thing, especially since the patient is already dead, there are living patients to care for, and people just need to “move on.”

   An interesting article by Sandra G. Gompf, MD

   http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/12/eulogy-autopsy-call-return.html

   Hope Rachel Hetico RN MHA
   [Managing Editor]

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7. Dr. David E. Marcinko MBA, on December 24, 2011 at 2:43 PM said:

   How Doctors Die

   Years ago, Charlie, a highly respected orthopedist and a mentor of mine, found a lump in his stomach. He had a surgeon explore the area, and the diagnosis was pancreatic cancer. This surgeon was one of the best in the country. He had even invented a new procedure for this exact cancer that could triple a patient’s five-year-survival odds—from 5 percent to 15 percent—albeit with a poor quality of life. Charlie was uninterested. He went home the next day, closed his practice, and never set foot in a hospital again. He focused on spending time with family and feeling as good as possible.

   Several months later, he died at home. He got no chemotherapy, radiation, or surgical treatment. Medicare didn’t spend much on him.

   http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2011/12/16/how-doctors-die/

   Dr. David E. Marcinko MBA

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8. Pearl, on January 3, 2012 at 3:29 PM said:

   Why Can’t Linda Carswell Get Her Husband’s Heart Back?
   [More on the vanishing autopsy]

   For almost eight years, Linda Carswell has been trying to find out how her husband died. Her quest has led to a fraud judgment against a hospital as well as autopsy reform in Texas.

   But, she’s still seeking answers — and the return of his heart.

   http://www.propublica.org/article/why-cant-linda-carswell-get-her-husbands-heart-back

   Your esteemed thoughts?

   Pearl

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9. Dr. Lawrence, on January 9, 2012 at 11:31 AM said:

   Doctors seek Hospira action on Execution Medication

   An international group of doctors is putting the squeeze on Hospira ($HSP) over a drug now being used for executions by U.S. death-penalty states.

   Writing in The Lancet, 25 physicians said Hospira should follow the example of Denmark’s Lundbeck, which restricted distribution of its anesthetic pentobarbital to keep it out of executioners’ hands.

   http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2960013-0/fulltext?rss=yes

   Dr. Lawrence

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10. Mandy, on July 13, 2012 at 10:22 AM said:

    Assisted Dying Without the Doctor

    Dr. Lynda Young, former president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, spoke in March to a legislative committee considering a bill that would permit physicians to prescribe life-ending drugs to patients with a terminal illnesses. She cited the AMA’s long-standing policy: “Physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.” Members of Young’s organization have repeatedly voted to object to such a change in their role.

    http://www.boston.com/whitecoatnotes/2012/07/12/assisted-dying-without-the-doctor/oXqQYicMqaazlG8THxTlpN/story.html

    But, what if the sickest patients could end their lives in a way sanctioned by law without direct involvement from their doctors?

    Mandy

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11. Ortiz, on July 9, 2015 at 11:47 AM said:

    Medicare wants to pay doctors to talk about death. Expect political controversy

    The Obama administration plans to pay doctors to hold end-of-life planning conversations with patients, a controversial decision that will almost certainly revive the “death panel” debate that has long dogged the Affordable Care Act.

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/medicare-wants-to-pay-doctors-to-talk-about-death-expect-political-controversy/ar-AAcJocw?ocid=iehp

    Medicare rolled out new rules Wednesday (on page 246 of this document) that would reimburse physicians who talk to elderly patients about what options are available at the end of life — whether they would want life support, for example, or whether hospice care would be of interest. Doctors would get paid, under these new rules, for helping patients complete an advance directive.

    The reimbursements would begin in 2016.

    Ortiz

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