Ezekiel Emanuel
lborkowski | September 24, 2014Last week, an Institute of Medicine panel released a report that critiques US handling of end-of-life healthcare and suggests improvements. Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life recommends improved communication between patients and providers so that patients can decide what kind of end-of-life care they want, and then receive it. Many people would prefer to die at home, with their care focused on making them comfortable -- not in a hospital undergoing tests and procedures that might prolong their life but diminish the quality of their…