Death expenses at bay area hospitals make some reevaluate the cost of dying

December 10, 2012

America’s varied landscape of end-of-life experiences reflects different philosophies in how aggressively hospitals combat death, concludes Dartmouth’s 2011 analysis. While some hospitals marshal doctors and devices to postpone death even when death is clearly certain, others favor care options that let the end of life proceed in comfortable settings, or even at home. (Huffington Post)