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Knowing How Doctors Die May Help Patients at End of Life

KQED News Staff

Jun 10, 2015 at

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Nationwide, only about one in ten doctors report having conversations about death with their patients. That's one reason many of us don't talk about death until the very end, if at all. One LA doctor is helping to change that. An essay he wrote is fueling conversation among health professionals, patients, and their families.

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