Lancet Report Cites Rate of Late-in-Life Surgery

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 21:50 in Health & Medicine

A study of Medicare patients found that surgery is common in older people during the last year, month and even week of life. The finding is likely to stoke, not resolve, the debate on whether medical care is overused.

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