Is It Better to Die in America or in England?

Interesting NYT Op-Ed by Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Justin E. Bekelman. Findings regarding cost of end-of-life care and percentage of cancer patients dying at home a bit surprising but not their belief that “…the next step needs to be empowering patients to make realistic choices that are consistent with their hopes for how they want to live near the end of life and where they want to die.”