{"id":9134,"date":"2018-01-03T08:17:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T13:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9134"},"modified":"2018-01-03T08:17:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T13:17:15","slug":"put-the-fire-under-us-church-spurs-parishioners-to-plan-for-illness-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9134","title":{"rendered":"Put The Fire Under Us\u2019: Church Spurs Parishioners To Plan For Illness And Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would feel like murder to pull her life support,\u201d a young woman tells the doctor.<\/p>\n

The woman sits by a hospital bed where her mother, Selena, lies unresponsive, hooked up to a breathing tube. The daughter has already made one attempt to save her mother\u2019s life; she pulled Selena out of the car and performed CPR when her heart stopped en route to the hospital \u2014 an experience she calls \u201cbeyond terrifying.\u201d Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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