Never Too Late to Operate? Surgery Near End of Life Is Common, Costly – The Washington Post via Kaiser Health News

Read article - The Washington Post via Kaiser Health News | 2/28/18
Cites comments by Amber Barnato, the Susan J. and Richard M. Levy Distinguished Professor in Health Care Delivery, professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of medicine, in an article that examines how many elderly patients undergo an operation in the year before they die, even though the evidence shows that many are more likely to be harmed than to benefit from it. (Picked up by NPR and NHPR.)