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Session 6: Deciding When Enough is Enough
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- Most ppl want to die at home but the majority die in the hospital
- What ususally happens is they'll do a test and then find a problem and then find another problem --> never ending - Decision-making big issue for OA - big ordeal - Example: patient w/ Parkinson's Disease and can't eat. If put on feeding tube then he won't die from Parkinson's and will wait till a medical castastrophe to occur. The medical castastrophe might be a stroke, pnemonia. We made the med. cast. to happened becuase we prolonged the patient's life ---> low QOL - Maria 96yrs old slowly deteriorating from chronic heart and vascular disease, has severe arthritis. The daughter cares for the mother. - People write living wills --> spare burden of care and decision-making for other - Estelle Strongin, 94 yrs old. Son has the power of attorney and asked her to sign a determination form in hopeless conditions. She declined. Believes that when "there's life there's hope" - 85+ fastest growing segment in the world - "I do not want to be a bur |
