Culture Shift: Building an Awareness of Our Mortality

The end of life discussions can often be difficult for a multitude of reasons. Our culture is pervasive with ideas of mortality, and that medicine can avert this human constant. Medicine, as a field, must embrace our limitations so that we can engage in honest discussions with the families and the p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Macmillan, Patrick, Geraci, Stephen A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1969
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Sumario:The end of life discussions can often be difficult for a multitude of reasons. Our culture is pervasive with ideas of mortality, and that medicine can avert this human constant. Medicine, as a field, must embrace our limitations so that we can engage in honest discussions with the families and the patients regarding the end of life care.

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