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Terminally Ill Physicians Would Choose Do Not Resuscitate - For Themselves, Not For You


Science 2.0 - 29-May-2014

Most physicians would choose a do-not-resuscitate or "no code" status for themselves when they are terminally ill, yet they tend to pursue aggressive, life-prolonging treatment for patients facing the same prognosis. Hypocritical? No, Hippocratic.  Is that a good thing? You betcha. V.J. Periyakoil, MD, clinical associate professor of medicine at  Stanford University Medical Center and lead...


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