【译】医院越多，善终越难？

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园长： 偶然间在外网读到一些有深度的文章，我就想翻译过来，转给国内的师兄。 其中有些与我们的常识相反，有些诱发我们的思考，有些引导我们追求更究竟的东西。 原文标题： It’s Getting Harder to Die When medical tech can keep us alive, families face tough choices.     生命维持医疗技术越先进，我们越难善终：病床前的艰难抉择 By Lydia S. Dugdale 正文如下： Recently I was speaking to a group of sophisticated New Yorkers about the preparation for death. Someone asked a tentative question about life support, and I quickly realized that for all their erudition, they were largely ignorant about what happens in the hospital as people approach death. As a primary care doctor and clinical ethicist, I am often in the position of helping patients and families navigate these questions in real time, sometime at the darkest time of their lives. Here, I would like to offer some thoughts that might h ………………………………