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Cannot die in hospital even if you beg to.
Aging Well | Last Active: May 30 12:44am | Replies (68)Comment receiving replies
Are you referring to hospice? If so, hospice is end of life care meaning that hospice does not provide curative procedures. If a hospice patient decides they want to pursue something curative they need to leave the care of hospice but can come back to hospice care later as long as they still meet the admission criteria.
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@gravity3 no, I am talking about a patient in a hospital with a broken hip who is left to die without food and hydration because the doctors decide the patient won’t survive the surgery. So the alternate was to let the patient die of starvation. Patient did not make that decision - doctors told family that is what they should do and family went along with it, making this decision for the patient. Patient was not consulted.