Study: Doctor-patient conversations at end of life associated with lower medical expenses
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 18:07
in Health & Medicine
Few physicians are eager to discuss end-of-life care with their patients. Yet such conversations may result in better quality of life for patients and could lower national healthcare expenditures for cancer care alone by tens of millions dollars each year, according to a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.