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Friday Reflection 32: The Trauma of Not Dying Alone

Sensible Medicine

There have been previous admissions after which the patient did not make it to follow-up appointments. Others are transferred to inpatient hospice centers. When we ask if there is anyone we can -- or should -- call, they shrug or give us the number of an estranged cousin in another state. The number is never a working one.

Hospice 109