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Peaceful Death

By David F. Baehren, M.D. | on March 1, 2011 | 0 Comment
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This is good medicine and good economics simultaneously. We are in the middle of a gargantuan fiscal crisis. If physicians don’t help patients and families make these tough decisions, soon enough the government will be doing it for them.

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ACEP News: Vol 30 – No 03 – March 2011

Dr. Baehren lives in Ottawa Hills, Ohio. He practices emergency medicine and is an assistant professor at the University of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Center. Your feedback is welcome at David.Baehren@utoledo.edu.

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Topics: ACACommentaryCost of Health CareDeathEmergency MedicineEmergency PhysicianHealth Care ReformHealth InsuranceIn the ArenaLegalObamacareOncologyPain and Palliative CarePoliticsResuscitation

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