TY  - JOUR
T1  - End-of-life care and pragmatic decision making: A bioethical perspective
AU  - Workman SR
Y1  - 2010/11/03
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2010.1600
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1959
EP  - 1960
VL  - 304
IS  - 17
N2  - 
In End of life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making: A Bioethical Perspective, D. Micah Hester, who states in his introduction that he experienced the death of his daughter born prematurely and untouched by his hands, speaks of what he knows about decision making at the end of life. In the introductory chapter, he observes—and I think many readers would agree—that for dying patients, “Loneliness, bitterness and pain are more common than peace and joy.” In this concise and deeply thought-out text, he argues that this need not be true and proposes novel ways to improve care for dying—or, as he would perhaps argue, living—patients.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.1600
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1600
ER  -