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uhuhshesaid t1_j4w9hiy wrote

Reply to comment by No_big_whoop in 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

This is true. It’s something like 80% of the public wants “everything possible” done to sustain life.

80% of physicians (and likely most nurses from personal experience) want only noninvasive treatment measures to sustain life.

It’s why I’m a huge proponent of getting palliative care consults. It is focused on quality of life and has better outcomes in both disease remission and end of life care. It is wildly underutilized and underfunded as a resource.

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Mr_Mouthbreather t1_j4yzvmv wrote

My mom was a nurse for decades and is adamant I "pull the plug" if the time comes. She got all of the legal papers drawn up too. She's terrified of being put on some machine for any length of time.

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CampaignOk8351 t1_j4wstqu wrote

>and underfunded as a resource.

It's not really underfunded at all in USA but it is underutilized

If anything, I think it's going to get a nasty crackdown on reimbursement because as is, hospice care reimburses probably a lot more than the labor or medications can reasonably justify. It's using 150-year-old medications that cost pennies, administered by an RN

That's my prediction, but CMS is notoriously well-known to do the exact opposite of what needs to happen

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