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Palliative Care at the Very End of Life - Dartmouth-Hitchcock

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Prepar<strong>at</strong>ion for De<strong>at</strong>h<br />

Wh<strong>at</strong> Type <strong>of</strong> De<strong>at</strong>h<br />

Expected- Expected Most de<strong>at</strong>hs<br />

Requests for assisted de<strong>at</strong>h<br />

Prolonged “dying dying” phase<br />

“Unexpected<br />

Unexpected” – minority <strong>of</strong> de<strong>at</strong>hs<br />

Happen quickly<br />

Usually unexpected complic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

Completely unrel<strong>at</strong>ed event<br />

Suicide

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