This directive is available from the Veteran's Administration, here: http://www1.va.gov/VHAPUBLICATIONS/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=2042
On page 8, in plain language, directing the VA to use "Your Life, Your Choices."
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Hurry-Up-and-Die
"This hurry-up-and-die message is clear and unconscionable. Worse, a July 2009 VA directive instructs its primary care physicians to raise advance care planning with all VA patients and to refer them to "Your Life, Your Choices."
This directive is available from the Veteran's Administration, here: http://www1.va.gov/VHAPUBLICATIONS/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=2042
On page 8, in plain language, directing the VA to use "Your Life, Your Choices."
This directive is available from the Veteran's Administration, here: http://www1.va.gov/VHAPUBLICATIONS/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=2042
On page 8, in plain language, directing the VA to use "Your Life, Your Choices."
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