Palliative Medicine

Pulmonology   

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Do you ever continue medications such as rate-control agents for tachyarrhythmias, anticoagulation for blood clots, immunosuppression to prevent trans...

For example, what do you do when someone requests aggressive, life-prolonging treatments but then is not receptive to elements of day-to-day care in t...

For example, prolonging life-sustaining measures as they "wait for a miracle" of an unrealistic outcome.