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Contrast how Americans wish to die with their actual terminal experiences and identify major barriers to providing high-quality end-of-life care.

November 1, 2000Archives of Family Medicine

Gaps in End-of-Life Care

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Contrast how Americans wish to die with their actual terminal experiences and identify major barriers to providing high-quality end-of-life care.
Narrative review examining patient preferences, clinical dying conditions, and healthcare delivery challenges in the United States.
A profound disconnect exists between widespread patient preferences for a comfortable, peaceful death and the reality of severe physical distress and unwanted interventions experienced by many dying individuals.
Significant institutional, financial, and clinical barriers routinely obstruct the delivery of high-quality, comfort-focused palliative care.

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Review reveals critical disparities between preferred and actual dying experiences among terminal patients, highlighting key systemic barriers to delivering quality end-of-life care.

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L L Emanuel (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a196073dec6c1694ed976a4 https://doi.org/10.1001/archfami.9.10.1176

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Review reveals critical disparities between preferred and actual dying experiences among terminal patients, highlighting key systemic barriers to delivering quality end-of-life care.

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