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End-Of-Life Counseling and Care

17 Aug 2009
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160798.php

Doctors Providing End-Of-Life Counseling See Benefit In Current Controversy

Kaiser Health News reports on a House provision buried deep within its sweeping health reform bill, saying it may "appear innocuous" but has "ignited a firestorm among critics predicting government-sponsored euthanasia. The controversy, over proposed Medicare funding of end-of-life counseling, has come to epitomize some of people's deepest fears about the government's role in health care" (Marcy, 8/14).

[Read] What The House Bill Says About End-Of-Life Care
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