IncredibleBulk2
IncredibleBulk2 t1_j614ipa wrote
Reply to What aspect of engineering would be highly in demand for the future? by ImplementExtension58
Are you in the US? Most state universities that have engineering schools have an engineering week where you can visit and look at all the tech and the projects the students are working on. I went in junior high and it was incredible.
IncredibleBulk2 t1_j4wjn8l wrote
Reply to comment by Brilliant_Draft7346 in Family Dynamics and Doctors' Emotions Drive Useless End-of-Life Care. Surveys repeatedly indicate that nearly all people would rather die peacefully at home, yet painful, long-shot treatments remain common, and efforts to reduce usage have failed by Wagamaga
Yes, medical aid in dying is becoming the preferred term in the US medical community as well.
IncredibleBulk2 t1_j4wj6sb wrote
Reply to Family Dynamics and Doctors' Emotions Drive Useless End-of-Life Care. Surveys repeatedly indicate that nearly all people would rather die peacefully at home, yet painful, long-shot treatments remain common, and efforts to reduce usage have failed by Wagamaga
I agree that the culture around end of life care needs to change towards acceptance of the inevitable. I can understand why researchers would want to explore the role of physicians in driving end of life care, but this is a situation where when you start to measure something, it changes. Just because they are measuring physician's impact does not mean it is the major contributing factor.
My observation of physicians post-COVID is that they are less willing to advocate for more end-of-life care when the patient is unwilling to help themselves.
I think Americans at large, more than physicians, need to change how they view death and dying. Physicians egos are not the reason we spend more on end-of-life care than any other country.
IncredibleBulk2 t1_j9h0din wrote
Reply to This dad and his pet duck in 1994 by smazetron
Just went for a casual photoshoot at JC Penney?