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Narrative Matters

Do NOT Resuscitate

David Muller

Like many health care providers, I’ve spent time contemplating the circumstances of my own death. Where will I be when I die? Who will be present? What will the doctors be doing—or will there even be any doctors in the room?

The more involved we are with the dying, the more these kinds of thoughts tend to push into our consciousness. I’ve seen people die in all sorts of places and under wildly different circumstances, so I can’t help but wonder whether there isn’t a better way to plan ahead.

Some of the most memorable experiences from my internal medicine . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Orchestrating Death

 

Mrs. Santos’s Story

 

The Plan Goes Wrong

 

But Don’t Call 911

 

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