One of the most fascinating topics to me and also one that I believe is remarkably important is about care at the end of life. Unfortunately, this is a very difficult topic to have intelligent, reasoned discussion about. Not only are there the "death panel" type accusations that get in the way, but these discussions are also mediated by extremely personal and emotional experiences. I'm going to post a few articles on this topic this week, and I hope they offer some compelling food for thought.
On a programming note, today is the 365th longread, which means that we've now covered an entire calendar year! Thanks for reading!
"How Not to Die" by Jonathan Rauch
Published in the Atlantic, April 24, 2013
Eric
This seems like another area where progress will be fought be "established" ideas that promote an interest. If you look at so many older people the quality of life has deteriorated to a point where you have to wonder what the point is. As it goes with the majority of medical cases most people don't understand what the real options are and typically will agree to what doctors say. The feeding tube comment at the end if interesting in that it is described as "feeding" your parents which of course anyone would say yes to and doesn't really represent the truth of the situation.
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