1. Primary Care Physicians and End of Life Discussions
    Gregory Lampe, MD Gregory Lampe, MD United States says:
    August 14, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    As a practicing emergency physician I engage in these discussions with patients and families almost daily. Frankly, it shocks me that I'm often having THE FIRST discussion about end of life care with patients and their families in the emergency department. Grandma didn't become chronically debilitated and demented overnight! Are these families in denial or are their primary care physicians avoiding these difficult discussions?

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