{"id":3355,"date":"2016-06-28T08:35:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T12:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2016-06-28T08:35:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T12:35:40","slug":"end-of-life-care-better-for-patients-with-cancer-dementia-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3355","title":{"rendered":"End-Of-Life Care Better For Patients With Cancer, Dementia: Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>A new study offers surprising findings about end-of-life care \u2014 specifically, physicians tend to be more likely to accommodate the advanced-care wishes of patients with cancer or dementia than renal disease, congestive heart failure, pulmonary disease or frailty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of focus on end-of-life care for cancer,\u201d said Melissa Wachterman, the study\u2019s principal author and a physician at the VA Boston Healthcare System and the Boston-based Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital. \u201cBut most people don\u2019t die of cancer. And the quality of end-of-life care for those dying of other conditions \u2026 is not as good.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/end-of-life-care-better-for-patients-with-cancer-dementia-study-finds\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31071430&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8XpwX0kX2-EWhTJjQ2_vuho8ZAWPOpm9RP6BHGlYTR9AWGJdzPnXckeEtJ8-TGMLG9Pk46UGxbYmK-e8uKuE2ITlEiEg&amp;_hsmi=31071430\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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