ED doc here. So often I see patients that have no chance of long term survival, might die in a day, might die in a week or a month. I am always clear with the family that what is best for the person is comfort and nothing aggressive. 9 times out of 10 the family chooses to make the patient full code no matter how much I emphasize the definite lack of any future quality of life. So often a patient will come in with paperwork indicating that they are DNR and family will show up and make them full code anyways. It’s entirely depressing to see
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Reply to Family Dynamics and Doctors' Emotions Drive Useless End-of-Life Care. Surveys repeatedly indicate that nearly all people would rather die peacefully at home, yet painful, long-shot treatments remain common, and efforts to reduce usage have failed by Wagamaga
ED doc here. So often I see patients that have no chance of long term survival, might die in a day, might die in a week or a month. I am always clear with the family that what is best for the person is comfort and nothing aggressive. 9 times out of 10 the family chooses to make the patient full code no matter how much I emphasize the definite lack of any future quality of life. So often a patient will come in with paperwork indicating that they are DNR and family will show up and make them full code anyways. It’s entirely depressing to see