Obama Memo Pushes Hospitals To Honor Patients' Choices

By Scott Hensley By ordering hospitals that take Medicare or Medicaid money to allow patients to be visited and helped by whomever they want, President Obama was taking a shot at hospitals that have resisted the wishes often recorded in advance directives Read More...

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Posted Apr 16 2010, 03:29 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
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