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Life Sciences
Hospice Legacy makes grant for study of end-of-life care
November 2nd, 2008
With the goal of reducing needless suffering and unwanted care, nursing home patients and their families' decisions will be honored in new model-of-care to be developed. Too often, nursing home residents facing terminal illness are transferred to emergency rooms and subjected to aggressive and inappropriate treatment against their wishes. The passage of recent legislation in California and New York authorizing Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) has created a new era in respecting the end-of-life treatment preferences of nursing home residents and their families. Hospice Legacy has taken the lead in this area...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-11-02)
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