Sunday, December 27, 2009

End of Life Care

The New York Times published an article today about palliative sedation, the medical topic we are currently evaluating.

    "Months to Live: Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation"


    By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/health/27sedation.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
    "Inducing sleep with drugs near the end of life is a widely used treatment even as it vexes families and doctors."