By Clare Wilson
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The coronavirus pandemic is requiring people to face issues around just how much treatment should be offered at the end of life. The emergency situation suggests physicians and patients are needing to rush questionable choices about turning down specific treatments, say palliative care experts.
” The crisis has brought to the fore a lot of the issues with decision-making around the end of life which have been simmering for ages,” says Celia Kitzinger at Cardiff University in the UK. “Coronavirus has lit the fuse.” …
